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USS Shenandoah
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
.
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 on active service in
2003
.
CSS
Shenandoah
[?]
was a screw steamer.
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