USS Shenandoah (1862)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Shenandoah.

Abeam view of Shenandoah between 1865 and 1869
History
United States
NameUSS Shenandoah
NamesakeShenandoah River
Launched8 December 1862
Commissioned20 June 1863
Decommissioned15 April 1865
Recommissioned20 November 1865
Decommissioned2 May 1869
Recommissioned15 August 1870
Decommissioned23 April 1874
Recommissioned8 September 1879
Decommissioned27 May 1882
Recommissioned5 November 1883
Decommissioned23 October 1886
FateSold 30 July 1887
General characteristics
TypeScrew sloop
Displacement1,375 long tons (1,397 t)
Length225 ft (69 m)
Beam38 ft 4 in (11.68 m)
Draft15 ft 10 in (4.83 m)
PropulsionSteam engine
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement175 officers and enlisted
Armament
  • 1 × 150-pounder Parrott rifle
  • 2 × 11 in (280 mm) Dahlgren smoothbore
  • 1 × 30-pounder Parrott rifle
  • 2 × 24-pounder rifled howitzer
  • 2 × 12-pounder rifle
  • 2 × heavy 12-pounder smoothbore howitzer

The first USS Shenandoah was a wooden screw sloop of the United States Navy. She was in commission at various times between 1863 and 1886 and saw service in the American Civil War.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.