ADIRONDACK AGC 15

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Adirondack Class Amphibious Force Flagship
Keel Laid November 18 1944 as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ1) hull
Launched January 13 1945
Acquired by U.S. Navy February 4 1945


1. USS ADIRONDACK AGC-15
   Commissioned September 2 1945 - Decommissioned February 1 1950
   Recommissioned April 4 1951 - Decommissioned February 9 1955
   
   Struck from Naval Register June 1 1961
   Sold November 7 1972 to Union Minerals and Alloys Corp., New York City, N.Y. for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1946-55)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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1st Commissioning September 2 1945 to February 1 1950

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1949-03-17

St. Patrick's Day

 

Locy Type 2t(nu)

1948-10-27

Navy Day

 

Locy Type 2# (Br. #16184)

1946-10-27

Note:

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu)

1947-11-05

Note:

 

Locy Type LDPS 2(n)

1949-11-30

Last Day Postal Service

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2nd Commissioning April 4 1951 to November 9 1955

 

Locy Type FDPS 2

1951-05-29

First Day of Postal Service, R/S on back from Desmond D. Jagyi

 

Locy Type 2 1951

1951-10-24

Note:

 

Locy Type 2 1952

1953-04-14

Position of "K" hits higher on bottom killer than 1951 type

 

Locy Type 2

1954-12-09

As earlier device was distorting, this is an obvious replacement by 1954 with the lower "K" once again

 

Locy Type 2 (used after POD)

1955-08-27

Post office discontinued 1955-08-16

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal

NAMESAKE - A mountain group in northern New York. The term adirondack is derived from a Mohawk Indian term meaning "bark eaters".

 

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