USS Shadwell (LSD-15)
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| Name: | USS Shadwell |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia |
| Laid down: | 17 January 1944 |
| Launched: | 24 May 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 24 July 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 10 July 1947 |
| Recommissioned: | 20 September 1950 |
| Decommissioned: | 9 March 1970 |
| Struck: | 1 November 1976 |
| Honors and awards: |
1 battle star (World War II) |
| Fate: | U.S Naval Reserve firefighting training ship, Mobile Bay, Mobile, Alabama |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Casa Grande-class dock landing ship |
| Displacement: | 4,490 long tons (4,562 t) |
| Length: | 457 ft 9 in (139.52 m) |
| Beam: | 72 ft 2 in (22.00 m) |
| Draft: | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Speed: | 15.4 knots (28.5 km/h; 17.7 mph) |
| Complement: | 326 |
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USS Shadwell (LSD-15) was a Casa Grande-class dock landing ship in the United States Navy. She was named after Shadwell plantation, Albemarle County, Virginia, the birthplace and early home of Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and third President of the United States.
Initially authorized under the Lend-Lease Act and named Tomahawk, then renamed Waterway upon assignment to the United Kingdom, LSD-15 was reassigned back to the United States and named Shadwell. She was laid down on 17 January 1944 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., at Newport News, Virginia; launched on 24 May 1944; sponsored by Miss Mary Greenman; and commissioned on 24 July 1944, Lieutenant Commander William K. Brooks in command.
After shakedown, Shadwell sailed from Hampton Roads on 26 August 1944. She transited the Panama Canal on 1 September and headed for San Diego, where she laid over for a docking period. After almost a month at San Diego, she departed on 2 October to join the Pacific Fleet. Upon arrival, Shadwell was employed in the transportation of heavy amphibious equipment between the islands of the southern Pacific. During this time, she visited Tulagi and Guadalcanal in the Solomons, Espiritu Santo on the New Hebrides, Manus in the Admiralty Islands, and Hollandia and Aitape on New Guinea.
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