Adirondack-class command ship

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USS Adirondack (AGC-15), circa in 1951 (6929425).jpg
USS Adirondack in 1951
Class overview
NameAdirondack class
Builders North Carolina Shipbuilding Co.
OperatorsFlag of the United States Navy (official).svg  United States Navy
Preceded by Mount McKinley class
Succeeded by Blue Ridge class
Built1944–1945
In service1945–1969
Planned3
Completed3
Retired3
General characteristics
Type
Displacement
  • 7,240 t (7,126 long tons), light load
  • 12,750 t (12,549 long tons), full load
Length459 ft 3 in (139.98 m)
Beam63 ft (19 m)
Draft24 ft 0 in (7.32 m)
Installed power
  • 1 × propeller
  • 6,000 shp (4,474 kW)
  • 450 psi (3,103 kPa)
Propulsion
Speed16.4 knots (30.4 km/h; 18.9 mph)
Capacity
Complement
  • 54 officers
  • 579 enlisted
Sensors &
processing systems
Armament
Aviation facilities Helicopter deck

The Adirondack-class command ship was a ship class of command ships of the United States Navy during World War II and the Cold War. All 3 ships were converted from the Type C2-S-AJ1 cargo ships. [1]

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Development

Three type C2 cargo ships were converted into command ships for the United States Navy throughout the later stages of World War II. After the war, all were modernized with new radars and decommissioned by 1969 to later be scrapped.

The ship's hull remained nearly the same but with new equipment to carry out her purpose now placed on deck alongside several cranes. The ships' armaments had been slightly changed and relocated in order for the ships to carry out their new roles. [1] All ships served in the Pacific Theater until the end of the war with no ships lost in combat.

Ships in the class

Adirondack class command ship [2]
Hull no.NameBuilderLaid downLaunchedCommissionedRecommissionedDecommissionedFate
AGC-15 Adirondack North Carolina Shipbuilding Co. 18 November 194413 January 19452 September 19454 April 19519 February 1955Scrapped, 7 November 1972
AGC-16 / LCC-16 Pocono 30 November 194425 January 194529 December 194518 August 195116 September 1971Scrapped, 9 December 1981
AGC-17 / LCC-17 Taconic 19 December 194410 February 194517 January 1946-17 December 1969Scrapped, 1 March 1982

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. 2002. ISBN   1-55750-250-1.
  2. Thomas Jane, Frederick (1974). Jane's Fighting Ships. Sampson Low, Marston and Company.