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The ship was decommissioned from the Turkish Navy in 1994 and scrapped the following year.

Navy, Piedmont was transferred to the Turkish Navy, where she served from 1982 to 1994 as TCG Derya. The ship's mascot was the Doc, one of the dwarfs in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.Īfter being decommissioned from the U.S. Elsa Kauffman and, commissioned 5 January 1944. She was laid down by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Inc., in Tampa, Florida, on 1 December 1941 launched 7 December 1942 sponsored by Mrs. For her work in battle areas, the ship was awarded four battle stars for her Korean War efforts and one for Vietnam War service. She served in the Pacific Ocean during World War II, the Cold War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.

Her task was to service destroyers in, or near, battle areas and to keep them fit for duty. USS Piedmont (AD–17) was a Dixie-class destroyer tender built during World War II for the United States Navy. Geared turbine engines twin screws 11,300 h.p. Served in Turkish Navy as TCG Derya 1982–1994