USS Shenandoah
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This article is about the US Navy ships. For other uses, see Shenandoah (disambiguation).
Four United States Navy ships, including one rigid airship, and one ship of the Confederate States of America, have been named Shenandoah, after the Shenandoah River of western Virginia and West Virginia.
- The first Shenandoah was a screw sloop commissioned in 1863, active in the American Civil War, and in use until 1886
- The second Shenandoah (ZR-1) was the first rigid airship built by the Navy, christened 1923 but destroyed in a storm in 1925
- The third Shenandoah (AD-26) was a destroyer tender in service from 1945 to 1980
- The fourth Shenandoah (AD-44) is also a destroyer tender, commissioned 1983 and decommissioned 1996
- USNS Shenandoah (T-AO-181), an oiler laid down in 1964, renamed USNS Potomac (T-AO-181) prior to completion
[edit] See also
- CSS Shenandoah, a screw steamer
- USS Skenandoa
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