Service history USS Denebola (AD-12)
1 service history 1.1 destroyer tender, 1922–1924 1.2 in reserve, 1924–1940 1.3 reactivated, 1940 1.4 world war ii service history destroyer tender, 1922–1924 denebola served on atlantic coast until 21 november 1922 when cleared philadelphia mediterranean , duty tender , repair ship u.s. naval detachment in turkish waters. got underway constantinople 18 november 1923 , called @ bizerte , tunis, tunisia; gibraltar; , azores on way new york, arrived 23 december. denebola joined in winter maneuvers in caribbean in 1924. placed out of commission in reserve @ philadelphia on 9 august. in reserve, 1924–1940 except period 1931 1934 when served barracks ship @ norfolk crews of battleships undergoing modernization, denebola remained out of commission, @ philadelphia until towed baltimore, maryland in 1940. commissioned in ordinary there 18 january 1940 overhaul , refit. reactivated, 1940 again in full commission, on 6 april 1940 denebola sailed norfolk shakedown exercises in chesapeake bay, ret...