Adirondack-class command ship
{{short description|Class of command ships of the United States Navy}}
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| infobox caption = | italic title = }} {{Use American English|date=October 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image =File:USS Adirondack (AGC-15), circa in 1951 (6929425).jpg | Ship caption = USS Adirondack in 1951 }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name = Adirondack class | Builders = North Carolina Shipbuilding Co. | Operators = {{navy|United States}} | Class before = Mount McKinley class | Class after = Blue Ridge class | Subclasses = | Cost = | Built range = 1944–1945 | In service range = 1945–1969 | In commission range = | Total ships building = | Total ships planned = 3 | Total ships completed = 3 | Total ships cancelled = | Total ships active = | Total ships laid up = | Total ships lost = | Total ships retired = 3 | Total ships preserved = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = *Command ship | Ship displacement = *{{convert|7240|t|LT|0|abbr=on}}, light load
| Ship length = {{convert|459|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|63|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = {{convert|24|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship hold depth = | Ship propulsion = *1 × General Electric geared turbine
| Ship power = *1 × propeller
| Ship speed = {{convert|16.4|kn|lk=in}} | Ship boats = | Ship capacity = *710 bbls diesel
| Ship troops = | Ship complement = *54 officers
| Ship armament = *2 × single 5"/38 caliber guns
| Ship sensors = *As designed:
| Ship notes = | Ship aircraft 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.{{Cite book |title=U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=2002 |isbn=1-55750-250-1 |location=Annapolis}}
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. All ships served in the Pacific Theater until the end of the war with no ships lost in combat.
Ships in the class
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| colspan="8" |Adirondack class command ship{{Cite book |last=Thomas Jane |first=Frederick |title=Jane's Fighting Ships |publisher=Sampson Low, Marston and Company |year=1974}}
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!Name !Builder !Laid down !Launched !Commissioned !Recommissioned !Decommissioned !Fate |
| AGC-15
| rowspan="3" align="center" |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
|30 November 1944 |25 January 1945 |29 December 1945 |18 August 1951 |16 September 1971 |Scrapped, 9 December 1981 |
| AGC-17 / LCC-17
|19 December 1943 |10 February 1944 |16 January 1945 | - |17 December 1969 |Scrapped, 1 March 1982 |
References
- {{navsource|10/01/01idx|USS Adirondack}} - 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}}.
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Category:Ships built in Wilmington, North Carolina
Category:Command ships of the United States Navy
Category:Auxiliary ship classes of the United States Navy
Category:World War II auxiliary ships of the United States
Category:Cold War amphibious warfare vessels of the United States