The Samuel Gompers-class destroyer tenders were a class of ships that served the United States Navy from 1967 to 1996.

Their namesake was union leader Samuel Gompers.

The Samuel Gompers-class was the first class of destroyer tenders designed by the U.S. Navy, twenty years after the preceding Shenandoah-class.

They also had a helicopter platform aft, although only Puget Sound was later fitted with a hangar, when she served as flagship of the United States Sixth Fleet.

[1] Both ships were originally armed with a World War II-vintage 5"/38 caliber gun turret forward.