USS Adirondack ( AGC - 15 ) 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 in Tokyo Bay , with Captain R . O . Myers in command . 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 training in the Chesapeake Bay from 25 September to 12 October 1945 , " Adirondack " assumed the duties of flagship for Commander , Operational Development Force ( CTF 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 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 overhaul and reassignment . 1954 . Following a shakedown and training cruise to Guantanamo Bay , " Adirondack " headed back to Norfolk , Virginia , and on 28 October , became flagship for Commander , Amphibious Force , 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 Organisation . Planning conferences were held in 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 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 .