Allied Warships

USS Piedmont (AD 17)

Destroyer tender of the Dixie class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer tender
Class	Dixie
Pennant	AD 17
Built by	Tampa Shipbuilding Co. Inc. (Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.)
Ordered	16 Dec 1940
Laid down	1 Dec 1941
Launched	7 Dec 1942
Commissioned	5 Jan 1944
End service	30 Sep 1982
History	Decommissioned on 30 September 1982 Leased to Turkey on 18 October 1982 being renamed Derya (A-576) Purchased by Turkey and stricken by the USN on 6 August 1987 Decommissioned by the Turkish Navy in 1994

Commands listed for USS Piedmont (AD 17)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Capt. Russell Groesbeck Sturges, USN	16 Mar 1946	14 Aug 1947 (1)

2	T/Capt. James Russell Topper, USN	13 May 1950	24 Jan 1951 (1)
3	Capt. Charles Frederick Hooper, USN	24 Jan 1951	6 Aug 1952 (1)

4	Capt. Roy Arthur Newton, USN	17 Aug 1953	13 Oct 1954 (1)

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Sources

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/03/0317a.htm

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