Hull Number: AD-44
Launch Date: 02/06/1982
Commissioned Date: 08/15/1983
Decommissioned Date: 09/13/1996
Call Sign: NBIO
Namesake: SHENANDOAH
SHENANDOAH
Wikipedia (as of 2024)
She was the fifth ship to bear the name, USS Shenandoah as named for the Shenandoah Valley.
Disposition:
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. In FY15, the ex-Shenandoah was sold for dismantlement, departed the JRRF and was withdrawn from MARAD inventory.