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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.

• The first Shenandoah was a screw sloop[?] commissioned in 1863, active in the American Civil War, and in use until 1886.

• The second Shenandoah (ZR-1) was the first rigid airship built by the Navy, christened 1923 but destroyed in a storm in 1925.

• The third Shenandoah (AD-26)[?] was a destroyer tender[?] in service from 1945 to 1980.

• The fourth Shenandoah (AD-44)[?] is also a destroyer tender[?], commissioned 1983 and on active service in 2003.

CSS Shenandoah[?] was a screw steamer.