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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 and West Virginia. USS Shenandoah (1862), a screw sloop commissioned in 1863, active in the American Civil War and in use until 1886
NAS Lakehurst had served as a base for Navy blimps for some time, but Shenandoah was the first rigid airship to join the fleet. 1923 photo of the airship control gondola of USS Shenandoah. Commander McCrary, the ship's commander, is shown at the wheel. Called "Empress of the Clouds"
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Shenandoah was again deployed with the 6th Fleet in 1968, 1970, and 1973. She returned to her home port on 15 December 1973 and into July 1974 is tending ships on the east coast. [Note: The above USS SHENADOAH (AD-26) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS SHENADOAH (AD-26), or by other non-crew members, and ...
Wreckage of the U.S. Navy USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) power car, 1925. The flight was turbulent during the entire time, and crew reported hearing creaks and groans from the rigid frame of the ship as it maneuvered. The USS Shenandoah then hit a sudden burst of cold air within the storm, causing the ship to rapidly descend. The intense maneuvers in a ...
The Design and Construction of ZR-1 Shenandoah. The airship U.S.S. Shenandoah was the first American built rigid airship. Although built in the United States, Shenandoah was based on the design of the German L-49, a World War I high altitude bomber which had been forced down intact in France in October, 1917 and carefully studied. The L-49 was ...
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One hundred years ago, on October 10, 1923, hundreds gathered to mark a very special occasion for the United States and the US Navy: the official start of the Era of the Rigid Airship. On that date, the airship ZR-1 was officially christened the USS Shenandoah, a name that was thought to translate to “daughter of the stars.”. To mark the ...
Shenandoah. (AD-26) USS Shenandoah (AD-26) was one of ten planned destroyer tenders built at the tail end of World War II (orders for four of the ships were cancelled due to the cessation of hostilities). The lead ship in her class, she was the third United States naval vessel named for the Shenandoah River which runs through Virginia and West ...
