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USS Adirondack

Several ship of the United States Navy have been named USS Adirondack, after the Adirondack Mountains of New York.

Adirondack was a gunboat[?] in the American Civil War that sank off the Bahamas, and whose wreck is visited by scuba divers.

A passenger steamer Adirondack was commissioned into the Navy in 1917 and used as a floating barracks[?] until 1919, when she was returned to the owner.

The Adirondack (AGC-15)[?] was an amphibious force flagship[?] in service in 1945 to 1955.

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