Because of the advent of nuclear power and the phenomenal advancement in electronics and weaponry, AD capabilities had to be vastly increased. The Gompers class was the first of post-World War II design. More than 15 years elapsed between the launching of the second of the Gompers class, Puget Sound (AD 38), and first of the subsequent class, the USS Yellowstone (AD 41).
Specifications | |
| Builder | |
| Power Plant | steam turbines |
| Length | Overall 645 ft Waterline 620 ft |
| Beam | Extreme Beam: 85 ft Waterline Beam: 85 ft |
| Draft | Maximum Navigational Draft: 28 ft Draft Limit: 30 ft |
| Displacement |
Light Displacement: 13,458 tons Full Displacement: 20,132 tons Dead Weight: 6,674 tons |
| Capacity | |
| Speed | knots ( mph) |
| Crew | Officers: 136 Enlisted: 1671 |
| Aircraft | |
Ships | ||||||
| Name | Number | Builder | Homeport | Ordered | Commissioned | Decommissioned |
| Samuel Gompers | AD 37 | Puget Sound NSY | 31 Oct 1963 | 01 Jul 1967 | 27 Oct 1995 | |
| Puget Sound | AD 38 | Puget Sound NSY | 20 Dec 1964 | 27 Apr 1968 | 27 Jan 1996 | |
| AD 40 | authorized but never awarded, cancelled 01 Apr 1974 | |||||
