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AD-44 Shenandoah

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


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (4) - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (3)
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal - Southwest Asia Campaign Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
Yellowstone Class Destroyer Tender:
  • Laid down, 2 August 1980, at National Steel and Shipbuilding, San Diego, CA.
  • Launched, 6 February 1982
  • Commissioned USS Shenandoah (AD-44), 15 August 1983, at San Diego, CA.
  • Decommissioned, 13 September 1996
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal, 28 July 2001, for disposal
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 13,482 t.(lt) 20,429 t.(fl)
    Length 642'
    Beam 85'
    Draft 25'
    Speed 20 kts.
    Complement 1,500
    Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    Propulsion two boilers, steam turbines, one shaft, 20,000 shaft horsepower
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    Shenandoah 49k Shenandoah (AD-44) prior to launch, at National Steel and Shipbuilding, San Diego, CA Annmarie (Byrnes) Ponder LaDue DM2(SW) USN Ret, USS Shenandoah plank owner
    Shenandoah 59k Shenandoah (AD-44) prior to commissioning, at National Steel and Shipbuilding, San Diego, CA Annmarie (Byrnes) Ponder LaDue DM2(SW) USN Ret, USS Shenandoahplank owner
    Shenandoah 121k Shenandoah (AD-44) underway shortly after being commissioned in August 1983
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, March 1984         		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Shenandoah 82k Shenandoah (AD-44), underway, place and date unknown .
    Shenandoah 52k Shenandoah (AD-44) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Federation of American Scientists
    Shenandoah 50k Shenandoah (AD-44) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Federation of American Scientists
    Shenandoah 61k Shenandoah (AD-44) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Federation of American Scientists
    Shenandoah 114k Shenandoah (AD-44) with John King (DDG-3) alongside, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, May 1990 edition by Photo by JO1 Kip Burke, USN.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Shenandoah 113k Shenandoah (AD-44) underway during a simulated high-line transfer with Charleston (LKA 113) in 1984. Photo by Bill Fessenden
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