USS Shenandoah (1862)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Shenandoah.
The first USS Shenandoah was a wooden screw sloop of the United States Navy.
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Name | USS Shenandoah |
Namesake | Shenandoah River |
Launched | 8 December 1862 |
Commissioned | 20 June 1863 |
Decommissioned | 15 April 1865 |
Recommissioned | 20 November 1865 |
Decommissioned | 2 May 1869 |
Recommissioned | 15 August 1870 |
Decommissioned | 23 April 1874 |
Recommissioned | 8 September 1879 |
Decommissioned | 27 May 1882 |
Recommissioned | 5 November 1883 |
Decommissioned | 23 October 1886 |
Fate | Sold, 30 July 1887 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Screw sloop |
Displacement | 1,375 long tons (1,397 t) |
Length | 225 ft (69 m) |
Beam | 38 ft 4 in (11.68 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 10 in (4.83 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 175 officers and enlisted |
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Shenandoah was built by the Philadelphia Navy Yard and launched on 8 December 1862. She was sponsored by Miss Selina Pascoe; and was commissioned on 20 June 1863, Captain Daniel B. Ridgeley in command.