Destroyer Tenders
(AD)
Many auxiliaries were created by converting existing ships; others were built new but starting with an existing design; the balance were both designed and built for their purpose. There are some gaps in the data, particularly for the conversions.
| Name | Builder | hull # | Type | US Govt. # | Built | Converted By | New Name | LDT | LOA | Converted | Notes | |
| AD-1 | El Rio | Newport News SB | 5 | freighter | 1893 | Dixie | 6,114 | 405 | 1909 | aux. cruiser Dixie 1898-1909, scrapped 1922 | ||
| AD-2 | Melville | New York ship | 149 | 7,700 | 417 | 3 Dec 2015 | scrapped 1948 | |||||
| AD-3 | Dobbin | Philadelphia NSY | 8,325 | 484 | 22 Jul 1924 | scrapped 1950 | ||||||
| AD-4 | Whitney | Boston NSY | 8,325 | 484 | 2 Sep 1924 | scrapped 1948 | ||||||
| AD-5 | El Sol | Cramp SB | 267 | freighter | 1890 | Prairie | 6,620 | 405 | 1917 | aux. cruiser Prairie 1890-1917, scrapped 1923 | ||
| AD-6 | Austin/Venezuela | Cramp SB | 263 | freighter | 1889 | Panther | 4,260 | 324 | 1917 | aux. cruiser Panther 1889-1917, scrapped 1923 | ||
| AD-7 | Elizabeth Holland | S. P. Austin & Sons (U.K.) | freighter | 1898 | Leonidas | 4,260 | 264 | 1917 | aux. cruiser Leonidas 1898-1917, scrapped 1922 | |||
| AD-8 | El Cid/Nicheroy | Newport News SB | 6 | freighter | 1892 | Philadelphia NSY | Buffalo | 6,530 | 406 | 1917 | aux. cruiser Buffalo 1898-1917, scrapped 1922 | |
| AD-9 | Santa Catalina | Cramp SB | 401 | freighter | 1913 | Black Hawk | 5,690 | 420 | 1917 | scrapped 1948 | ||
| AD-10 | Breslau | Bremer Vulkan (Germany) | freighter | 1901 | Bridgeport | 7,175 | 447 | 1918 | AR-2 1917-1918, scrapped 1947 | |||
| AD-11 | Edisto | Skinner & Eddy | 51 | freighter | 1738 | 1919 | Altair | 10,400 | 424 | 1921 | scrapped 1947 | |
| AD-12 | Edgewood | Skinner & Eddy | 49 | freighter | 1737 | 1919 | Denebola | 10,400 | 424 | 1921 | scrapped 1950 | |
| AD-13 | Edgecombe | Skinner & Eddy | 41 | freighter | 1732 | 1919 | Rigel | 10,400 | 424 | 1921 | AR-11 1941, scrapped 1946 | |
| AD-14 | Dixie | New York ship | 417 | 530 | 25 Apr 1940 | scrapped 1983 | ||||||
| AD-15 | Prairie | New York ship | 419 | 530 | 8 May 1940 | scrapped 1993 | ||||||
| AD-16 | Cascade | Western Pipe | 63 | freighter (C3) | MC 172 | 9,260 | 492 | 12 Mar 1943 | scrapped 1975 | |||
| AD-17 | Piedmont | TASCO | 530 | 5 Jan 1944 | to Turkey 1982 as Derya (A-576), scrapped 1995 | |||||||
| AD-18 | Sierra | TASCO | 530 | 20 Mar 1944 | scrapped 1995 | |||||||
| AD-19 | Yosemite | TASCO | 530 | 26 Mar 1944 | sunk as target 2003 | |||||||
| AD-20 | Sea Panther | Federal Kearny | 164 | freighter (C3) | MC 40 | 1941 | in Mobile AL | Hamul | 8,560 | 492 | 7 Jan 1943 | AK-30 1941, AD-20 1943, scrapped 1976 |
| AD-21 | Mormacpenn | Ingalls Pascagoula | 256 | freighter (C3) | MC 66 | 1941 | in Mobile AL | Markab | 8,560 | 492 | 27 Sep 1942 | AK-31 1941, AD-21 1941, AR-23 1960, scrapped 1976 |
| AD-22 | Klondike | Todd LA | 64 | freighter (C3) | 8,165 | 492 | 30 Jul 1945 | AR-22 1960, scrapped 1977 | ||||
| AD-23 | Arcadia | Todd LA | 65 | freighter (C3) | 8,165 | 492 | 21 Sep 1945 | scrapped 1974 | ||||
| AD-24 | Everglades | Todd LA | 66 | freighter (C3) | 8,165 | 492 | 6 May 1947 | scrapped 1991 | ||||
| AD-25 | Frontier | Todd LA | 67 | freighter (C3) | 8,165 | 492 | 2 Mar 1946 | scrapped 1974 | ||||
| AD-26 | Shenandoah | Todd Tacoma | 70 | freighter (C3) | 8,165 | 492 | 13 Aug 1945 | scrapped 1982 | ||||
| AD-27 | Yellowstone | Todd Seattle | 47 | freighter (C3) | 8,165 | 492 | 11 Jan 1946 | scrapped 1976 | ||||
| AD-28 | Grand Canyon | Todd Tacoma | 72 | freighter (C3) | 8,165 | 492 | 8 May 1945 | AR-28 1971, scrapped 1980 | ||||
| AD-29 | Isle Royale | Todd Seattle | 48 | freighter (C3) | 8,165 | 492 | 2 Jul 1946 | not commissioned until 1962, scrapped 1977 | ||||
| AD-31 | Tidewater | Charleston NSY | freighter (C3) | 8,165 | 492 | 8 Feb 1946 | to Indonesia 1971 as Dumai (A-652), scrapped 1984 | |||||
| AD-34 | Dixie | Federal Kearny | 89 | passenger freighter | 1928 | Beth Key Highway | Alcor | 445 | 6 Nov 1944 | AG-34 1941, AR-10 1941, AD-34 1944, scrapped 1950 | ||
| AD-36 | Bryce Canyon | Charleston NSY | freighter (C3) | 8,165 | 492 | 15 Sep 1950 | scrapped 1982 | |||||
| AD-37 | Samuel Gompers | Puget Sound NSY | 13,458 | 643 | 30 Sep 1967 | sunk as target 2003 | ||||||
| AD-38 | Puget Sound | Puget Sound NSY | 13,458 | 643 | 27 Apr 1968 | scrapped 2008 | ||||||
| AD-41 | Yellowstone | NASSCO | 411 | 13,300 | 643 | 31 May 1980 | NDRF 2001: to be scrapped | |||||
| AD-42 | Acadia | NASSCO | 412 | 13,300 | 643 | 6 Jun 1981 | sunk as target 2010 | |||||
| AD-43 | Cape Cod | NASSCO | 413 | 13,300 | 643 | 15 Feb 1982 | scrapped 2012 | |||||
| AD-44 | Shenandoah | NASSCO | 414 | 13,300 | 643 | 26 Jul 1983 | NDRF 2001: to be scrapped |