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U.S.S. SHENANDOAH
(AD-44)FORTIS PRO PACE (STRONG FOR PEACE
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The USS SHENANDOAH (AD-44), a Yellowstone-class destroyer tender, was commissioned on 15 AUG 1983. USS SHENANDOAH served her country for 13 years and 19 days, until decommissioned on 3 SEP 1996. Built at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company in San Diego, California, SHENANDOAH transited the Panama Canal after commissioning and then spent her entire service career operating in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and supported the the fleet in the Indian Ocean during the First Gulf War. The early 1990s brought a significant reduction in the size of the U.S. Navy and SHENANDOAH was decommissioned in 1996 after only thirteen years of service and was placed in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility at Ft. Eustice, VA.
The USS SHENANDOAH (AD-44) deployment history and significant events of her service career follow:
AD-44 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a AD-44 Shellback Initiation | Add a AD-44 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUG | 1980 | - | Keel Date: 2 AUG 1980 at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company | ||
| FEB | 1982 | - | Launch Date: 6 FEB 1982 | ||
| JUL | 1982 | - | JUL | 1983 | Commisioning |
| JAN | 1983 | - | JAN | 1984 | Caribbean |
| AUG | 1983 | - | Commissioned: 15 AUG 1983 | ||
| AUG | 1983 | - | OCT | 1983 | Panama Canal |
| SEP | 1983 | - | SEP | 1985 | Commisioning |
| NOV | 1983 | - | NOV | 1983 | Panama Canal |
| DEC | 1983 | - | DEC | 1983 | Commissioning |
| JAN | 1984 | - | DEC | 1984 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| JAN | 1984 | - | JAN | 1985 | Guantanamo Bay |
| JUN | 1984 | - | DEC | 1984 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1985 | - | JUN | 1986 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| JAN | 1986 | - | JUN | 1986 | Mediterranean |
| FEB | 1986 | - | JUN | 1986 | El Dorado Canyon |
| FEB | 1986 | - | JUN | 1986 | Mediterranean |
| JUN | 1986 | - | DEC | 1986 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| OCT | 1986 | - | FEB | 1987 | Regular Overhaul |
| JUN | 1987 | - | NOV | 1987 | med cruse |
| JUN | 1987 | - | NOV | 1987 | Mediterranean |
| JUN | 1987 | - | MAY | 1989 | Mediterranean |
| JUL | 1987 | - | NOV | 1987 | Mediterranean |
| JUL | 1989 | - | NOV | 1989 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1991 | - | JUL | 1992 | Desert Shield |
| JAN | 1991 | - | JAN | 1996 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1991 | - | JAN | 1996 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1991 | - | DEC | 1991 | Desert Shield |
| FEB | 1991 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 FEB 1991 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| MAR | 1991 | - | DEC | 1991 | Mediterranean |
| DEC | 1991 | - | JUL | 1992 | Desert Shield |
| APR | 1992 | - | Shellback Initiation - 24 APR 1992 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| JUN | 1992 | - | NOV | 1992 | Mediterranean |
| JUL | 1992 | - | Shellback Initiation - 24 JUL 1992 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| OCT | 1992 | - | NOV | 1992 | Regular Overhaul |
| APR | 1993 | - | OCT | 1993 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| AUG | 1993 | - | AUG | 1994 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1994 | - | JAN | 1994 | Mediterranean |
| MAR | 1994 | - | AUG | 1994 | Mediterranean |
| OCT | 1995 | - | MAY | 1996 | Mediterranean |
| NOV | 1995 | - | MAY | 1996 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1996 | - | Decommissioned: 3 SEP 1996 | ||
| SEP | 1996 | - | SEP | 1996 | Decommisioning |
| SEP | 1996 | - | SEP | 1996 | Decommissioning 13 Sep 1996 |
AD-44 General Specifications
Class: Yellowstone-class destroyer tender
Complement: 87 Officers and 1508 Enlisted
Displacement: 20263 tons
Length: 642 feet
Beam: 85 feet
Draft: 27 feet
Final Disposition: For disposal