USS Shenandoah
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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 Third Shenandoah (ZR-1) was the first rigid airship built by the Navy, christened 1923 but destroyed in a storm in 1925.
- The Fourth Shenandoah (AD-26) was a destroyer tender in service from 1945 to 1980.
- The Fifth Shenandoah (AD-44) is also a destroyer tender, commissioned 1983 and decommissioned 1996.
CSS Shenandoah was a screw steamer.