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.
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 Adirondack class command shipNameBuilderLaid downLaunchedCommissionedRecommissionedDecommissionedFateAGC-15 AdirondackNorth Carolina Shipbuilding Co.18 November 194413 January 19452 September 19454 April 19519 February 1955Scrapped, 7 November 1972AGC-16 / LCC-16Pocono30 November 194425 January 194529 December 194518 August 195116 September 1971Scrapped, 9 December 1981AGC-17 / LCC-17Taconic19 December 194410 February 194517 January 1946 -17 December 1969Scrapped, 1 March 1982
References - 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. .