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]
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. | Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Recommissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
| AGC-15 | Adirondack | North Carolina Shipbuilding Co. | 18 November 1944 | 13 January 1945 | 2 September 1945 | 4 April 1951 | 9 February 1955 | Scrapped, 7 November 1972 |
| AGC-16 / LCC-16 | Pocono | 30 November 1944 | 25 January 1945 | 29 December 1945 | 18 August 1951 | 16 September 1971 | Scrapped, 9 December 1981 | |
| AGC-17 / LCC-17 | Taconic | 19 December 1943 | 10 February 1944 | 16 January 1945 | - | 17 December 1969 | Scrapped, 1 March 1982 | |
References
- Photo gallery of USS Adirondack at NavSource Naval History - lead ship of the class (other AGC ships listed as well)
- United States Navy. 1959-1991. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
- Thomas Jane, Frederick. 1974. Jane's Fighting Ships. Sampson Low, Marston and Company.
- 2002. U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-250-1.