page_title: USS Adirondack (AGC-15)
hierarchical_section_title: USS Adirondack (AGC-15)
caption_attribution_description: The U.S. Navy amphibious command ship USS Adirondack (AGC-15) underway. The AN/SPS-6 radar on the mainmast and the helicopter landing platform aft show that this photo was taken during her second commission between 4 April 1951 and 9 February 1955.
context_page_description: 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 in Tokyo Bay, with Captain R. O. Myers in command.
context_section_description: 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, with Captain R. O. Myers in command.
caption: USS Adirondack
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