| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down: | 2 August 1980 |
| Launched: | 6 February 1982 |
| Commissioned: | 15 August 1983 |
| Decommissioned: | 3 September 1996 |
| Struck: | 28 July 2001 |
| Fate: | for disposal |
| Status: | National Defense Reserve Fleet |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Yellowstone-class destroyer tender |
| Displacement: | 20263 tons |
| Length: | 642 ft (196 m) |
| Beam: | 85 ft (26 m) |
| Draft: | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | steam turbines, 20,000 shaft horsepower |
| Speed: | 20 knots |
| Complement: | 87 Officers 1508 Enlisted |
| Armament: | 1 x 5" |
USS Shenandoah (AD-44) was the fourth and final ship of the Yellowstone-class 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.
In 1991[1], USS Shenandoah was diverted to the Persian Gulf to tend ships of the U.S. Seventh Fleet's USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) Battle Group. The Shenandoah and her crew members were awarded the Southwest Asia Service Medal with one campaign star and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait).
Following her decommissioning in 1996, at only 13 years old, the USS Shenandoah was re-located at the James River Reserve Fleet in Fort Eustis, Va., awaiting final disposal.
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