USS Pocono
USS Pocono (AGC-16/LCC-16) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Pocono |
| Namesake | Pocono Mountains |
| Builder | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina |
| Laid down | 30 November 1944 |
| Launched | 25 January 1945 |
| Acquired | 15 February 1945 |
| Commissioned | 29 December 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 19 June 1949 |
| Recommissioned | 18 August 1951 |
| Decommissioned | 16 September 1971 |
| Stricken | 1 December 1976 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 3 December 1981 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Adirondack-class command ship |
| Displacement | |
| 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 | 490 |
| Armament |
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USS Pocono (AGC-16) was an Adirondack-class amphibious force command ship named after a range of Pocono Mountains in eastern Pennsylvania. She was designed as an amphibious force flagship, a floating command post with advanced communications equipment and extensive combat information spaces to be used by the amphibious forces commander and landing force commander during large-scale operations.
An amphibious force flagship, Pocono's keel was laid down on 30 November 1944 and the vessel was launched on 25 January 1945 by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, of Wilmington, North Carolina, sponsored by Miss Mary V. Carmines of Messick. The ship was acquired by the Navy on 15 February 1945, towed to Boston for fitting out and commissioned on 29 December 1945.