AD-36 USS Bryce Canyon

The USS BRYCE CANYON, a SHENANDOAH class destroyer tender, was named after Bryce Canyon National Park, located in the towering plateau country of Southern Utah. The ship was launched on 7 March 1946, but with the end of the Second World War, construction was suspended. In late July 1950, after the outbreak of hostilities in Korea, plans to put the ship in the Reserve Fleet were dropped and Charleston Naval Shipyard was ordered to complete the ship. The BRYCE CANYON was placed in commission on the afternoon of 15 September 1950 by Rear Admiral R.W. Hayler, USN, Commandant of the Sixth Naval District.

 
bulletSHENANDOAH class  Destroyer Tender:
bulletDisplacement: 14,900 tons (full load)
bulletLength: 492'
bulletBeam: 69'6"
bulletDraft: 25'
bulletSpeed: 18 knots (max); 10 knots (econ)
bulletArmament: 1 5"/38 DP; 4 3"/50 DP; 2x2 40mm; 8-22 20mm
bulletComplement:
bulletGeared turbine engines; single screw; 8,500 h.p.
bulletBuilt at ___ and commissioned 1944

 
Between 1961 and 1965 the BRYCE CANYON did not operate West of Hawaii, but in 1966 as she was preparing for another MIDPAC deployment, her orders were changed at the last moment and she made her first WESPAC deployment in five years. It was during this deployment that BRYCE CANYON established what is believed to be a when she went alongside an angled deck carrier. The carrier was the USS ORISKANY, which had just suffered a disastrous fire and put into Subic Bay, R.P for emergency repairs prior to her return to the United States.

 

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