USS Adirondack (AGC-15)
USS Adirondack | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Adirondack |
| Builder | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina |
| Laid down | 18 November 1944 |
| Launched | 13 January 1945 |
| Commissioned | 2 September 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 9 November 1955 |
| Stricken | 1 June 1961 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 7 November 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Adirondack-class command ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 459 ft 2 in (139.95 m) |
| Beam | 63 ft (19 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Propulsion | Geared turbine, 1 shaft, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW) |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 633 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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The third USS Adirondack (AGC-15) was laid down on 18 November 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in Wilmington, North Carolina; launched on 13 January 1945, sponsored by Mrs. E. L. White; transferred to the Navy on 4 February 1945; towed to the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for conversion; and commissioned on 2 September 1945, the day Japan surrendered on board the battleship Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Bay.