Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Shenandoah-class destroyer tenders were modified United States Maritime Commission Type C3-class ships. None of the ships saw service during World War II, Isle Royal and Bryce Canyon directly entered the Reserve Fleet, finally being commissioned in 1950 and in 1962. Great Lakes, Canopus and Arrowhead were cancelled in 1945.
USS Shenandoah (AD-44) was the fourth and final ship of the Yellowstone-class of destroyer tenders. AD-44 was the fifth ship to bear the name, USS Shenandoah as named for the Shenandoah Valley . She was commissioned in 1983, only three years after the decommissioning of the previous USS Shenandoah (AD-26) , also a destroyer tender.
The destroyer tender also won recognition in 1965 for her repairs to the bow of the aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La (CV-38) which had collided with a destroyer during maneuvers. Shenandoah was awarded the Battle Efficiency Pennant for her competence in destroyer tending in 1952 and 1956 and the Meritorious Unit Commendation in 1970. She was ...
This category contains the Shenandoah-class destroyer tenders of the United States Navy. Pages in category "Shenandoah-class destroyer tenders" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
USS Shenandoah (1862), a screw sloop commissioned in 1863, active in the American Civil War and in use until 1886; USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), the first rigid airship built by the Navy, christened 1923; destroyed in a storm in 1925; USS Shenandoah (AD-26), a destroyer tender in service from 1945 to 1980
Shenandoah-class destroyer tenders (11 P) Y. Yellowstone-class destroyer tenders (6 P) ... USS Black Hawk (AD-9) USS Bridgeport (AD-10) C. USS Cascade; L. USS ...
Kelly commanded the icebreaker Atka (AGB-3) between 1950 and 1956 [5] and the destroyer tender Shenandoah (AD-26) in 1958–59. [6] Kelly retired in 1961 with the rank of captain. He worked for the Aerospace Division of Martin Marietta, and later as a counselor of vocational rehabilitation for the State of Maryland. [2]
A destroyer tender or destroyer depot ship is a type of depot ship: an auxiliary ship designed to provide maintenance support to a flotilla of destroyers or other small warships. The use of this class has faded from its peak in the first half of the 20th century as the roles and weaponry of small combatants have evolved (in conjunction with ...