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 diverss.

• 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.