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AD-26 Shenandoah

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Bravo - Whiskey
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Lebanon)
Shenandoah Class Destroyer Tender:
  • Laid down, 16 September 1944, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 26) at Todd-Pacific Shipyards Inc., Tacoma, WA.
  • Launched, 29 March 1945
  • Commissioned USS Shenandoah (AD-26), 13 August 1945, CAPT. Albert C. Burrows in command
  • Decommissioned at Naval Base Norfolk, VA., and simultaneously Struck from the Naval Register, 1 April 1980
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal
  • Final disposition, sold by MARAD 1 March 1982, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 11,755 t.(lt) 16,880 t.(fl)
    Length 492'
    Beam 69' 6"
    Draft 28'
    Speed 18 kts.
    Complement 1,035
    Armament
    two single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts
    eight 40mm AA gun mounts
    twenty-two 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion geared turbine engine, single screw, 8,500 shp
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    Shenandoah 151k Shenandoah (AD-26) moored to a buoy, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Mike Smolinski
    Shenandoah 61k Shenandoah (AD-26) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, March 1959.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Shenandoah 111k Shenandoah (AD-26) makes port at Barcelona, Spain, date unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine February 1961    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Shenandoah 115k Shenandoah (AD-26) moored pierside at Naval Station San Juan, Puerto Rico, date unknown with destroyers (from inboard to outboard)
    Holder (DD-819)
    O'Hare (DD-889)
    Eugene A. Greene (DD-711)
    Putnam (DD-757)
    Conway (DD-507)
    Edward McDonnell (DE-1043)
    Bristol (DD-857)
    of DESRON 32 alongside taking some time off from maneuvers for some liberty in San Juan.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine July 1966    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Shenandoah 89k Shenandoah (AD-26) underway off NOB Norfolk, VA., August 1964 © Richard Leonhardt
    Shenandoah 26k Shenandoah (AD-26) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Shenandoah 16k Shenandoah (AD-26) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Shenandoah 22k Shenandoah (AD-26) underway, date and location unknown. .
    Shenandoah 43k Shenandoah (AD-26), at Barcelona, Spain, 16 September, 1979, the 35th anniversary of her keel laying and less than seven months before decommissioning. Her once familiar, bow mounted 5" gun had been removed several years earlier. Barely visible in the background (top right corner of the photo) were Pensacola (LSD 38), right, and the ill-fated La Moure County (LST 1194), left. Photo by Fabio Peņa
    Shenandoah 112k Shenandoah (AD-26) and Albany (CG-10) at Gaeta, Italy, 1979.
    US Navy photo    		 Orlando Gallardo, Jr.
    Shenandoah 85k Shenandoah (AD-26) Welcome Aboard Pamphlet Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Shenandoah 163k Shenandoah (AD-26) Decommissioning Ceremony Program. Robert M. Ciere
    View the Shenandoah (AD-26)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Navy Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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