Shenandoah (AD 26) - Naval Cruise Book

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Length. overall ................ 641'10 Beam, Maximum molded ....... 85 '0 Dralt, design ...................... 24'0 Total displacement ..... 21,916 tons Propulsion machinery ......... Steam Speed .......................... 20 knots Design shalt horsepower .... 20.000 Crew ..... 40 Oflicers: 1.530 Enlisted lllllllllllllllllllll 5. NL! 5 'lt

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.J .I ET' r T . 2 1. A I, , V ,7 ' . 2.211-f:::::'--1 F-fig-. ' ' . . E .. 1.-, Ax . ..,. . ' ' 'rg L? W, HC ri-QQ, ' 1pi-?fEt:A-+-4.1,dx'.:N-- 4' J, ...af USS SHENANDOAH tZR 19 H923-19253 USS SHENANDOAH KAD 263 C1945-19801 HISTORY OF THE SI'I IP 'S PKEDECESSOKS The first USS SHENANDOAH was a sloop, launched at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 8 December 1862 and commissioned on 20 June 1863. Displacing 1375 tons and 225 feet long, she spent the next 18 months cruising off the East Coast searching and engaging Confederate raiders. ln December, she moved just off Fort Fisher, Wilmington, NC. She distinguished herself in the ensuing bombardment of the fort until it fell to the largest amphibious operation prior to those held in WW ll. She later saw service with the Asiatic Squadron and surveyed several Japanese and Chinese ports. She also saw service with the European Squadron, the South American Squadron, and once again in the Asiatic Squadron, until her decommissioning at Mare Island, California, on 23 October 1886. During the Civil War, the Confederate Navy also had a ship named SHENANDOAH. She was sailed from a British port and outfitted at sea as a steam sloop under LT J. T. Waddell, CSN. CSS SHENANDOAH's mission was to des- troy Northern commerce. She headed forthe Cape of Good Hope to prey on merchantmen and whalers. She took six prizes in the area. Melbourne, Australia was among her ports of call and, after provisioning in January 1865, she took more prizes off the Kurile Islands. Sailing north into the Bering Sea, the crew learned of Lee's surrender from a prize, but continued hostilities near the Arctic Circle. On USS SHENANDOAH 11862-18867 fl B ,fQ..L' X 'XX l x g g . - -Rs :-Sv- ,T::'f--Q'-' S 76 -fe 1:5 w 2 August, nearly six months after the war, a British barque confirmed the war's end. LT Waddell surrendered SHEN- ANDOAH in Liverpool, England, on 6 November, ending the ship's extraordinary career. The airship SHENANDOAH CZR 11, the first rigid, lighter- than-air craft to be designed and built by the U.S. Navy, was 680 feet long and capable of attaining a speed of 60 knots. Built at the Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia, SHENAN- DOAH was christened on 10 October 1923. After being damaged by a storm in January 1924, she reported to the Atlantic Scouting Fleet in August and took part in highly successful tactical exercises. On 2 September 1925, SHEN- ANDOAH departed Lakehurst, New Jersey, and in heavy weather over Ohio on 3 September the airship was destroyed. The fourth SHENANDOAH tAD 261 was an 11,755-ton destroyer tender. She was commissioned on 13 August 1945 and, like us, sailed to the East Coast for duty. She tended her charges at various ports up and down the East Coast until deploying for duty with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. SHENANDOAH's rescue of the crew of a sinking merchantman won her recognition in 1964. Battle efficiency pennants and many departmental E's were among her honors. She was decommissioned on 1 April 1980. CSS SHENANDOAH 11863-18652 Vlll v'-'J S ,. gi.. f 7 iv We 'Af' QT X.. ff

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-1---1-,. KEEL LAYING WXQ-3 ' JUV' :xx EIAEMONY, , EELLAYINGL TENDER A .2718 V 0 gg NASTNAEED .,L . ,I A 41, lT . X , 'm'i'E.3r K ff' la ry F nch, NASSCO President, VADM Lee Baggert lr., Commander Naval Surface Force U.S. Pacific Fleet, G.E. Anderso NASSCO Welding F e an, and CAPT Stuart Platt, Deputy Commander, Contracts Directorate, Naval Sea System, participated in the keel laying cere 0 y National Steel and Shipbuilding Company who constructed the previous trio of YELLOWSTONE Class d t es royer tenders laid the keel for our ship in August 1980. Decks and frames would r g ow out ofthe keel which would contain hundreds of compartments, including more than 50 specialized shops. 8 ith mi