USS Shenandoah (1862)

USS Shenandoah (1862)

The first USS Shenandoah was a wooden screw sloop of the United States Navy.

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.

Read more about USS Shenandoah (1862):  Civil War Duty, 1863–1865, Service in South America and Asia 1865–1869, The European Station 1870–1874, The South Atlantic 1879–1882, Final Days 1883–1887