USS Sierra (AD-18)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USS Sierra (AD-18) was a destroyer tender that served with the US Navy during World War II through to the 1990s. The second USN ship to bear the name, Sierra was laid down on 31 December 1941 by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company of Tampa, Florida; launched on 23 February 1943; and commissioned on 20 March 1944, Capt. P. B. Koonce in command. Sierra completed fitting out at Tampa and, on 13 April, sailed for Hampton Roads, Virginia, via Key West, arriving there on 18 April. The next day, she began a 10-day shakedown cruise in the Chesapeake Bay area and a subsequent yard availability period in the Norfolk Navy Yard from 28 April to 17 May.