USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) was a destroyer tender, the first of her class, and designed to be a floating repair shop for ships of the U.S. Navy either in port or at sea. The vessel was named for Samuel Gompers, a distinguished American labor leader during the late nineteenth century.
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USS Dixon ⓘ L. Y. Spear-class submarine tender
USS Samuel Gompers ⓘ 1966 Samuel Gompers-class destroyer tender
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keel laying
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ship launching
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ship decommissioning
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USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) in Pearl Harbor, in April 1989 (NH 107775-KN)
USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) with destroyers at Subic Bay c1969
USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) underway off the coast of Oahu on 24 November 1968 (NH 96875)
USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) and USS Dixon (AS-37) at Diego Garcia c1981
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USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) at anchor with destroyers alongside, circa in 1968
USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) at Subic Bay c1970
USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37), USS Jouett (CG-29), USS Leahy (CG-16) and USS Vincennes (CG-49) at Diego Garcia, circa in early 1987
USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) in port with destroyers alongside, circa in 1968