USS Cape Cod (AD-43) was the third in the United States Navy. History Cape Cod was laid down on 27 January 1979 at San Diego, California, by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company and launched on 2 August 1980. The destroyer tender worked for many years in active naval service. It assisted the s, the s and s. She was commissioned on 17 April 1982 and served 13 years as a destroyer tender before being decommissioned on 29 September 1995, and stricken from the Navy list on 7 April 1999. She was berthed at the James River Reserve Fleet in Fort Eustis, VA, until she was sold for scrap in 2012. See also External links http://gallery.linuxguru.net/uss-cape-cod-ad43 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/03/0343.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/ad-41.htm References Cold War auxiliary ships of the United States Yellowstone-class destroyer tenders 1980 ships Ships built in San Diego Tenders of the United States Navy Destroyer tenders of the United States