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{{Other ships|USS Adirondack}}
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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 [[United States Navy|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]] {{USS|Missouri|BB-63|3}} in [[Tokyo Bay]].

==Service history==

===1945–1950===
The ship 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.  After [[shakedown cruise|shakedown]] training in the [[Chesapeake Bay]] from 25 September to 12 October 1945, ''Adirondack'' assumed the duties of flagship for Commander, Operational Development Force (CTF&nbsp;69), and operated out of Norfolk until August 1949, when she was scheduled to participate in an Antarctic expedition. However, that project was cancelled, and ''Adirondack'' reported to the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for inactivation. On 1 February 1950, she was placed in reserve, in service, as flagship of the [[Philadelphia]] Group, [[Atlantic Reserve Fleet]].

===1951–1953===
Over a year later, the command ship returned to the active fleet.  Following a recommissioning ceremony in Philadelphia on 4 April 1951, ''Adirondack'' reported to the [[Atlantic Fleet Training Command]] in [[Norfolk, Virginia]], for inspection and training.  She returned to Philadelphia on 3 June to complete final preparations for a tour in the [[Mediterranean]] as flagship for the Commander in Chief, Allied Forces in southern Europe (CINCSOUTH), and for the Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Fleets (CINCNELM).

''Adirondack'' steamed to the Mediterranean, and on 18 August, moored in [[Naples]], which was to be her [[home port]] for almost two years.  In addition to her duties as Flagship for CINCSOUTH and CINCNELM, she coordinated activities of units of the [[United States Sixth Fleet|6th Fleet]] as they arrived and departed and assumed the administrative duties of senior officer present afloat.  After 14 June 1952, ''Adirondack'' also served as the flagship for Commander, Subordinate Command, Northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Fleets, and then for Commander, Fleet Air, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.  On 29 May 1953, she departed Naples and returned to the [[Norfolk Naval Shipyard]] for [[wikt:overhaul|overhaul]] and reassignment.

===1954===
Following a shakedown and training cruise to [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base|Guantanamo Bay]], ''Adirondack'' headed back to Norfolk, Virginia, and on 28 October, became flagship for Commander, Amphibious Force, [[United States Fleet Forces Command|Atlantic Fleet]].  She sailed from Norfolk on 12 February 1954 to conduct a tour of inspection of amphibious bases in the [[Caribbean]] area.  In a transfer of flags at [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]], on 23 March, Commander Amphibious Group Four (COMPHIBGRU FOUR) shifted his flag to ''Adirondack''.  One week later, the amphibious command ship participated in Operation "Sentry Box" held off [[Vieques]], [[Puerto Rico]].  The exercise was the first joint Army-Navy exercise in the Atlantic since the fall of 1952 and employed more than 3,000 native Puerto Rican troops of the Army.  This rigorous operation touched off a year of Atlantic Fleet exercises in which ''Adirondack'' played a major role.

In April COMPHIBGRU FOUR—still embarked in ''Adirondack'' – was designated Commander of the umpire group for LANTAGLEX-54, a full-scale [[amphibious assault]] on [[Onslow Beach]], [[North Carolina]].  The umpire group exercised the participating units, evaluated training, and assessed "damage" inflicted by the "hostile" units.  Another exercise, "Packard V," was held in May and consisted of a [[naval gunfire]] demonstration in the Chesapeake Bay and a full-scale D-day assault on Onslow Beach, directed from ''Adirondack'' by COMPHIBGRU FOUR.

On 20 July, the ship departed Norfolk for [[Operation Keystone]], a combined land, sea, and air maneuver in the Mediterranean involving forces of the countries of the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]].  Planning conferences were held in [[Naples|Naples, Italy]], and the amphibious task force sortied on 30 August with observers from the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Greece, and [[Turkey]] embarked in ''Adirondack''.  On 4 September, the task force landed more than 1,500 [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]] on the beaches at [[Dikili]], Turkey.  The flagship arrived back in Norfolk on 27 September and immediately began preparations for the next series of drills.

On 22 October, she departed Norfolk to rendezvous with other ships participating in Operation "NORAMEX" off the coast of [[Labrador]].  A [[battalion]] of marines landed on the beaches of [[Hamilton Inlet]] on 1 November to test amphibious cold weather doctrine and equipment.  After a successful drill, ''Adirondack'' sailed on 3 November for [[Bogue Inlet, North Carolina]], for a full-scale assault climaxing the amphibious phases of the Atlantic Fleet training cycle for 1954.  She returned to Norfolk on 20 November and leave and upkeep.

===1955===
During 1955, ''Adirondack'' served as umpire for "ANGEX II," a naval gunfire exercise held in February off Vieques and [[Culebra, Puerto Rico]].  In early March she observed the "TRAEX 11-55" landing off Vieques as part of the umpire group for the atomic defense exercise phase.  She remained in port in Norfolk from 9 March to 11 April and headed south for "TRAEX 111-55" off Vieques.  She returned to Norfolk for inactivation; was placed out of commission, in reserve, on 9 November 1955; and transferred to the [[Maritime Administration]] for berthing with the [[James River]] unit of the [[National Defense Reserve Fleet]].

''Adirondack'' was stricken from the [[Navy list]] on 1 June 1961 and sold on 7 November 1972 to [[Union Minerals and Alloys Corporation]] of New York City for scrap.

==References==
{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a3/adirondack-iii.htm}}

==External links==
*[http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/01/0115.htm navsource.org: USS ''Adirondack'' AGC-15]
 
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