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USS Shenandoah (AD-26) was one of ten planned destroyer tenders built at the tail end of World War II (orders for four of the ships were cancelled due to the cessation of hostilities). The lead ship in her class, she was the third United States naval vessel named for the Shenandoah River which runs through Virginia and West Virginia .
Shenandoah: AD-26 Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Tacoma Yard 16 September 1944 29 March 1945 13 August 1945 1 April 1980 Sold for scrap 1 March 1982 Yellowstone: AD-27 16 October 1944 12 April 1945 16 January 1946 11 September 1974 Sold for scrap, September 1975 Grand Canyon: AD-28 16 November 1944 27 April 1945 5 April 1946
USS Shenandoah (1862), a screw sloop commissioned in 1863, active in the American Civil War and in use until 1886; USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), the first rigid airship built by the Navy, christened 1923; destroyed in a storm in 1925; USS Shenandoah (AD-26), a destroyer tender in service from 1945 to 1980
USS Shenandoah (AD-44) was the fourth and final ship of the Yellowstone-class of destroyer tenders. AD-44 was the fifth ship to bear the name, USS Shenandoah as named for the Shenandoah Valley . She was commissioned in 1983, only three years after the decommissioning of the previous USS Shenandoah (AD-26) , also a destroyer tender.
This category contains the Shenandoah-class destroyer tenders of the United States Navy. Pages in category "Shenandoah-class destroyer tenders" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Kelly commanded the icebreaker Atka (AGB-3) between 1950 and 1956 [5] and the destroyer tender Shenandoah (AD-26) in 1958–59. [6] Kelly retired in 1961 with the rank of captain. He worked for the Aerospace Division of Martin Marietta, and later as a counselor of vocational rehabilitation for the State of Maryland. [2]
USS Sea Bird; USS Shenandoah (AD-26) USS Shenandoah (AD-44) USS Sierra (AD-18) USS Sovereign (1855) USS Stagbush; USS Stonewall (1863) USS Aegir; USS Antaeus; USS Anthedon; USS Apollo; USS Bushnell (AS-15) USS Canopus (AS-34) USS Clytie; USS Dixon; USS Emory S. Land; USS Frank Cable; USS Fulton (AS-11) USS Griffin; USS Holland (AS-32) USS ...
Benedict Joseph Semmes Jr. (8 April 1913 [1] – 4 June 1994 [2]) was a vice admiral of the United States Navy.His career included service in World War II and the Cold War, command of destroyers, a lengthy tour as Chief of Naval Personnel, command of the United States Second Fleet, duty as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, and a tour as President of the Naval War College.