USS Prairie (AD–15) was a Dixie-class destroyer tender built just before the start of World War II for the U.S. Navy. Her task was to service destroyers in, or near, battle areas and to keep them fit for duty.

USS Prairie deployed three times to the Far East during the Korean war to support the Allied war effort. As the 1950s progressed Prairies duties consisted of material and technical support of the 7th Fleet. In 1957 she circumnavigated the world as the finish to a West Pac deployment.

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USS Prairie AD-15 Reunion shared a memory. 1. Buy a steel dumpster, paint it gray inside and out, and live in it for six months. 2. Run all the pipes and wires in your house exposed on the …

2018年5月22日 · The USS Prairie AD-15 was built for the U.S. Navy right before the beginning of World War II on December 7 th, 1938 by New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey, and launched on December 9 th, 1939, while benefiting from the support of …

USS PRAIRIE was the second DIXIE - class destroyer tender and the second ship in the Navy to bear the name. Both decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on March 26, 1993, the PRAIRIE was sold for scrapping a few days later. She was subsequently towed to India where she was broken up.

2015年8月24日 · Prior to U.S. entry into World War II, Prairie cruised between Atlantic ports from Colon, C.Z. to Argentia, Newfoundland. She was docked at Argentia, tending Allied ships, on 7 December 1941 as...

USS Prairie (AD-15) underway off the coast of Southern California. As the oldest U.S Navy ship in commission, Prairie is flying the "Don't Tread on Me" jack, the first navy jack. All ships of the U.S. Navy flew the jack in place of the traditional union jack during the Global War On Terrorism.

A Brief History of the USS Prairie AD-15 since Commissioning: Aug 1950-Oct 1953, 1953, MSC-369, Box: 2, Folder: 4. Pamphlet collection, MSC-369. Naval War College Archives.

2000年1月11日 · Description, history, and photograph(s) of Destroyer Tender USS Prairie (AD-15) in WWII