USS Frontier, the Glossary
USS Frontier (AD-25) was one of four ''Klondike'' class destroyer tenders built at the tail end of World War II for the United States Navy.[1]
Table of Contents
25 relations: Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun, California, Destroyer tender, Far East, Korea, List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy, Long Beach, California, Melbourne, Naval Base San Diego, Navy Directory, Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, Pacific Ocean, Pearl Harbor, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, San Diego, San Pedro, Los Angeles, Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, United Nations, United States First Fleet, United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka, United States Seventh Fleet, USS Klondike, World War II, 3-inch/23-caliber gun, 5-inch/38-caliber gun.
- Destroyer tenders of the United States
- Klondike-class destroyer tenders
Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun
--> The Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 (often referred to simply as the "Bofors 40 mm gun", the "Bofors gun" and the like, see name) is an anti-aircraft autocannon, designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors.
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California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
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Destroyer tender
A destroyer tender or destroyer depot ship is a type of depot ship: an auxiliary ship designed to provide maintenance support to a flotilla of destroyers or other small warships.
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Far East
The Far East is the geographical region that encompasses the easternmost portion of the Asian continent, including East, North, and Southeast Asia.
Korea
Korea (translit in South Korea, or label in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula (label in South Korea, or label in North Korea), Jeju Island, and smaller islands.
List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy
This is a list of auxiliaries of the United States Navy.
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Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a coastal city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States.
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Melbourne
Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.
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Naval Base San Diego
Naval Base San Diego (also known as 32nd Street Naval Station) is a United States Navy base in San Diego, California.
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Navy Directory
A Navy Directory, formerly the Navy List or Naval Register is an official list of naval officers, their ranks and seniority, the ships which they command or to which they are appointed, etc., that is published by the government or naval authorities of a country.
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Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
The Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons based on an original German Becker Type M2 20 mm cannon design that appeared very early in World War I. It was widely produced by Oerlikon Contraves and others, with various models employed by both Allied and Axis forces during World War II.
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Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.
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Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu.
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Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, officially Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF), is a United States Navy shipyard covering 179 acres (0.7 km2) on Puget Sound at Bremerton, Washington in uninterrupted use since its establishment in 1891; it has also been known as Navy Yard Puget Sound, Bremerton Navy Yard, and the Bremerton Naval Complex.
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San Diego
San Diego is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast in Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border.
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San Pedro, Los Angeles
San Pedro (Spanish: "St. Peter") is a neighborhood located within the South Bay and Harbor region of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division
Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division was a shipyard in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California.
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United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
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United States First Fleet
The First Fleet was a numbered fleet of the United States Navy, in operation from January 1947 to 1 February 1973 in the western Pacific Ocean as part of the Pacific Fleet.
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United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka
or is a United States Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan.
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United States Seventh Fleet
The Seventh Fleet is a numbered fleet of the United States Navy.
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USS Klondike
USS Klondike (AD-22/AR-22) was a destroyer tender in service the United States Navy from 1945 to 1970. USS Frontier and USS Klondike are destroyer tenders of the United States, Klondike-class destroyer tenders, ships built in Los Angeles and tenders of the United States Navy.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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3-inch/23-caliber gun
The 3-inch/23-caliber gun (spoken "three-inch-twenty-three-caliber") was the standard anti-aircraft gun for United States destroyers through World War I and the 1920s.
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5-inch/38-caliber gun
The Mark 12 5"/38-caliber gun was a United States dual-purpose naval gun, but also installed in single-purpose mounts on a handful of ships.
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See also
Destroyer tenders of the United States
- USS Acadia
- USS Alcor (AD-34)
- USS Altair (AD-11)
- USS Arcadia (AD-23)
- USS Black Hawk (AD-9)
- USS Bridgeport (AD-10)
- USS Bryce Canyon
- USS Buffalo (1893)
- USS Cape Cod
- USS Cascade
- USS Denebola (AD-12)
- USS Dixie (1893)
- USS Dixie (AD-14)
- USS Dobbin
- USS Everglades
- USS Frontier
- USS Grand Canyon (AD-28)
- USS Hamul
- USS Isle Royale
- USS Klondike
- USS Leonidas (AD-7)
- USS Markab
- USS Melville (AD-2)
- USS Panther (1889)
- USS Piedmont
- USS Prairie (AD-15)
- USS Puget Sound (AD-38)
- USS Rigel (AD-13)
- USS Samuel Gompers
- USS Shenandoah (AD-26)
- USS Shenandoah (AD-44)
- USS Sierra (AD-18)
- USS Tidewater
- USS Whitney
- USS Yellowstone (AD-27)
- USS Yellowstone (AD-41)
- USS Yosemite (AD-19)
Klondike-class destroyer tenders
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Frontier
Also known as USS Frontier (AD-25).