Island, Mobile Bay, Alabama. She is serving as a test and training platform in the development of fire models and other damage and control systems. Shadwell is on the stricken list and will eventually be disposed of upon the end of her use as a test and training platform.Shadwell was grounded on Little Sand Island in Mobile Bay, Alabama, as a result of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The ship was removed from the position of grounding in 2006. A U.S. Navy Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) assisted with the project. In 2017, the ex-USS Shadwell was decommissioned as a fire test ship and later scrapped in place. All fire testing was shifted to land based facilities located at the Naval Research Laboratory's Chesapeake Bay Detachment in southern Maryland. Awards Shadwell'' earned one battle star for World War II service. In 1967, she won the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award for the Atlantic Fleet. Notes References External links hazegray.org: USS Shadwell USS Shadwell Association website USS Shadwell veterans' website Casa Grande-class dock landing ships of the United States Navy Ships built in Newport News, Virginia 1944 ships World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States Cold War amphibious warfare vessels of the United States