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USS Shenandoah (AD-26)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Bravo - Whiskey NWBW

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Europe clasp)
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Lebanon) - Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon

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 Station Norfolk, VA., and struck from the Naval Register, 1 April 1980

Transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal

Final disposition, sold for scrapping, 5 February 1982, to Andy Machinery Co. Brownsville, TX., for $262,999.00

Specifications:
Displacement 11,755 t.(lt) 16,900 t.(fl)
Length 492'
Beam 69' 6"
Draft 28'
Speed 18.4 kts. (trial)

Complement

Officers 63

Enlisted 987

Largest Boom Capacity 30 t.

Armament

two single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

twenty-two single 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacities

NSFO 16,105Bbls

Diesel 4,415Bbls

Propulsion

one Westinghouse geared turbine engines

two Foster and Wheeler D-type boilers 435psi 740°

double Westinghouse Main Reduction Gear
Ship's Service Generators
four turbo-drive 750Kw 450V A.C.
two Diesel-drive 300Kw 120V/240V D.C.

single propeller, 8,500SHP

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	112k	Shenandoah (AD-26) running builders trials at 18 knots, 31 July 1945, probably in Puget Sound in Washington state. Photo by Todd Shipbuilding, Tacoma, WA., US Navy Bureau of Ships photo # 19-N-86690 now in the collections of the US National Archives RG 19-LCM.	Robert Hurst
	893k	*USS Shenandoah* (AD-26) moored to a buoy at Cannes France in July 1952 with three destroyers alongside (from inboard to outboard): USS Vesole (DDR-878) USS Cone (DD-866) USS Newman K. Perry (DDR-883)** US Navy photo printed as a postcard.	Steven W. Orvis
	151k	*USS Shenandoah* (AD-26)** moored to a buoy, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Mike Smolinski
	61k	*USS Shenandoah* (AD-26)** under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, March 1959.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	257k	*USS Shenandoah* (AD-26)** moored pierside at NOB Norfolk, Va., circa 1960s.	William C. Beckenbach
	111k	*USS Shenandoah* (AD-26)** makes port at Barcelona, Spain, date unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine February 1961	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	141k	*USS Shenandoah* (AD-26)** under way in 1963, location unknown US Navy photo from 1966/67 edition of "Jane's Fighting Ships".	Robert Hurst
	139k	*USS Shenandoah* (AD-26)** under way, date and location unknown.	Mike Smolinski
	121k	*USS Shenandoah* (AD-26)** moored to buoys, date and location unknown.	Mike Smolinski
	87k	*USS Shenandoah* (AD-26)** under way in 1964, location unknown. US Navy photo	Robert Hurst
	115k	*USS Shenandoah* (AD-26) moored pierside at Naval Station San Juan, Puerto Rico, date unknown with destroyers (from inboard to outboard) USS Holder (DD-819) USS O'Hare (DD-889) USS Eugene A. Greene (DD-711) USS Putnam (DD-757) USS Conway (DD-507) USS Edward McDonnell (DE-1043) USS 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.
	89k	*USS Shenandoah* (AD-26)** underway off NOB Norfolk, VA., August 1964	© Richard Leonhardt
	16k	*USS Shenandoah* (AD-26)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo
	22k	*USS Shenandoah* (AD-26)** underway, date and location unknown.
	43k	*USS 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 USS Pensacola (LSD 38), right, and the ill-fated USS La Moure County (LST 1194)**, left.	Photo by Fabio Peña
	112k	*USS Shenandoah* (AD-26) and USS Albany (CG-10)** at Gaeta, Italy, 1979. US Navy photo	Orlando Gallardo, Jr.
09032651	198k	*USS Shenandoah* (AD-26)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Nicholas Tiberio

USS Shenandoah
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	CAPT. Burrows, Albert Collins, USN (USNA 1928) :RADM	13 August 1945 - 5 May 1946
02	CDR. Ericson, Hampton Maturin	5 May 1946 - 29 July 1946
03	CDR. Parker, Leonard Alden	29 July 1946 - 6 August 1946
04	CAPT. Pottle, Velentine Linn	6 August 1946 - 19 January 1947
05	CAPT. Robinson, James Marshall :RADM	19 January 1947 - 10 January 1948
06	CAPT. O'Keefe, George Fellows	10 January 1948 - 9 February 1949
07	CAPT. Ball, Frank Haywood	9 February 1949 - 8 June 1950
08	CAPT. Newton, Frank H.USN (USNA 1923)	8 June 1950 - 27 September 1951
09	CAPT. Zondorak, Charles Joseph	27 September 1951 - 29 July 1952
10	CAPT. Lucas Jr., Frederic Colby, USN (USNA 1930)	29 July 1952 - 30 June 1953
11	CAPT. Doyle Jr., William Thomas :RADM	30 June 1953 - 21 September 1954
12	CAPT. Rakow, William Magnus :RADM	21 September 1954 - 23 August 1955
13	CAPT. Cassady, Hiram, USN (USNA 1931)	23 August 1955 - 14 October 1955
14	CDR. Weiler, John Sanborn (acting)	14 October 1955 - 20 October 1955
15	CAPT. Sheffield Jr., Fletcher Lamar	20 October 1955 - 26 September 1956
16	CAPT. Roach, John Paul, USN (USNA 1932)	26 September 1956 - 1 August 1957
17	CAPT. Koenig, Joseph William, USN (USNA 1933)	1 August 1957 - 12 July 1958
18	CAPT. Semmes Jr., Benedict Joseph, USN (USNA 1934) :VADM	12 July 1958 - 3 September 1958
19	CAPT. Kelly, Robert Bolling, USN (USNA 1935)	3 September 1958 - 11 September 1959
20	CAPT. Carmichael, John Harllee	11 September 1959 - 15 July 1960
21	CAPT. Burch, Charles Augustine, USN (USNA 1937)	15 July 1960 - 27 April 1961
22	CAPT. Almgren, Neal, USN (USNA 1939)	27 April 1961 - 24 March 1962
23	CAPT. Dreyer, Oscar Frank (Big Red), USN (USNA 1941)	24 March 1962 - 10 July 1963
24	CAPT. Bellis, Charles Arthur	10 July 1963 - 25 July 1964
25	CAPT. Bennett, Walter Francis Vincent, USN	25 July 1964 - 16 July 1965
26	CAPT. Youman, Harold Raymond (Red)	16 July 1965 - 14 June 1966
27	CAPT. Ditto, Carl Brooks	14 June 1966 - 29 December 1967
28	CAPT. McDonald, William Maddox	29 December 1967 - 20 September 1969
29	CAPT. Coulter, Fred Winfred	20 September 1969 - 12 March 1971
30	CAPT. Brumbaugh, Dale Calvin, USN (USNA-46)	12 March 1971 - 22 August 1973
31	CAPT. Bekkedahl, Clifford Lewis, USN	22 August 1973 - 31 January 1975
32	CAPT. Lytle, James Hunter	31 January 1975 - 7 May 1976
33	CAPT. Jones, John Lindley	7 May 1976 - 30 December 1977
34	CAPT. Plumly, Charles Moulton	30 December 1977 - 1 April 1980


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