Service history
Assigned to the United States Fleet Forces Command, Atlantic Fleet, ''Cadmus'' operated from her home port at Norfolk, Virginia, as a repair ship. Calls to east coast ports and cruises in the Caribbean were part of a schedule which called for service to the Fleet during major exercises. On 3 September 1957, the repair ship cleared Norfolk on her first Atlantic crossing. After taking part in NATO Operation Strikeback exercises with Task Force 88 (anti-terrorist unit), Task Force 88 (TF 88) out of Rothesay, Argyll and Bute, Rothesay, Scotland, she visited ports in Scotland, France, and Spain. Through the first half of 1958, she sailed with Task Force 63, TF 63 in replenishment missions during fleet exercises in the Mediterranean. From her return to Norfolk on 7 May 1958 through 1960, ''Cadmus'' continued her program of east coast and Caribbean operations. ''Cadmus'' moved her homeport to Newport, Rhode Island in 1964. ''Cadmus'' was decommissioned on 14 September 1971 and was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 15 January 1974. ''Cadmus'' was sold under the National Security Assistance Program to the Republic of China on 22 April 1974. She served as ROCS ''Yu Tai'' (A-521).References
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cadmus Amphion-class repair ships 1945 ships Cold War auxiliary ships of the United States Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Republic of China Navy Auxiliary ships of the Republic of China Navy Ships built in Tampa, Florida