USS Arcadia ( AD - 23 ) USS " Arcadia " was one of four " Klondike " - class destroyer tender s built at the tail end of World War II for the United States Navy , and the third U . S . Naval vessel to bear that name . Destroyer tenders were typically named after U . S . National Parks . However the destroyer tender AD - 23 was apparently misnamed " Arcadia " in an effort to commemorate Acadia National Park in Maine . " Arcadia " was laid down by Todd Shipyards Corporation on 6 March 1944 at Los Angeles , California , launched on 19 November , sponsored by Mrs . Edward L . Beach ( the widow of Captain Edward L . Beach ) , fitted out at Terminal Island , San Pedro , California and commissioned on 13 September 1945 with Capt . James M . Connally in command . Service history . Following shakedown training off San Diego , the destroyer tender departed the west coast to join the Atlantic Fleet at Charleston , S . C . . World War II had been over for several months when she arrived at her berth on the Wando River on 1 December . " Arcadia " served as tender to destroyers joining the inactive fleet at Charleston , and she also developed the official program for decommissioning and inactivation to be used by tenders of her own class . " Arcadia " was placed in commission , in reserve , on 7 February 1947 and served as accommodation vessel for Submarine Group 1 of the Charleston group , Atlantic Reserve Fleet . She was placed in full commission on 1 August 1951 and assigned a new home port , Newport , R . I . , where she tended destroyers in the Narragansett Bay area . " Arcadia " supported the Atlantic Fleet with repair services until 1968 when she was decommissioned . She served as 6th Fleet destroyer tender during many deployments to the Mediterranean where she made working visits to such ports as Naples , Italy ; Cannes , France ; Valencia , Spain , Palma , and Barcelona , Spain ; Lisbon , Portugal ; Piraeus , Greece ; and Istanbul , Turkey . The tender visited the Caribbean while exercising in yearly " Springboard " operations in the 1950s and 1960s , calling at ports in the Dominican Republic , Puerto Rico , Jamaica , and the Virgin Islands . In October 1964 " Arcadia " steamed to Orange , Texas to strip five mothballed high - speed transports for parts needed by active duty destroyers . The six - week trip netted nearly $ 800 , 000 worth of parts and equipment for use by the ships of the Atlantic Fleet . Although she serviced destroyers primarily , " Arcadia " was called upon in November 1966 to repair the aircraft carrier . The tender departed Newport on 19 November for the cruise to Mayport , Florida where she remained until 13 December completing the repair work needed following a Mediterranean cruise . She returned to Newport and resumed her normal operations . In both 1966 and 1967 , " Arcadia " made cruises to Key West and Naval Station Mayport to provide services to Destroyer Division 601 , Destroyer Squadron 16 , and reserve training destroyers from various ports in the Gulf of Mexico . " Arcadia " was decommissioned on 28 June 1968 , berthed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet contingent in the James River on 15 November , and formally transferred to the Maritime Administration on 30 June 1969 . Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 July 1973 , and she was sold to Levin Metals of San Jose , California on 1 August 1974 and scrapped in San Pedro , California .