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AGC-17 Taconic

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Echo - Echo
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Lebanon 1Jul58-1Nov58, 1-Dominican Republic 18Apr63-21Sep66)
Adirondack Class Amphibious Force Command Ship:
  • Laid down, 19 December 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC Hull 1710), at North Carolina Shipbuilding Co. Wilmington, N.C.
  • Launched, 10 February 1945
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 6 March 1945
  • Converted to an Amphibious Force Command Ship at Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Commissioned, USS Taconic (AGC-17), 16 January 1945, CAPT. C. G. Christie in command
  • Redesignated Amphibious Command Ship (LCC-17), 1 January 1969
  • Decommissioned, 17 December 1969
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration National Defense Reserve Fleet James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1976
  • Final Disposition, disposed of by MARAD, 1 March 1982, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 7,240 t (lt), 13,910 t.(fl)
    Length 459' 2"
    Beam 63'
    Draft 24'
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 633
    Armament
    two single 5"/38 DP gun mounts
    three twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    six single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion geared turbine, single propeller, 6,000shp
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    Taconic 44k Taconic (AGC-17) moored pierside, Naval Station Norfolk, 1948. Donald Burgin
    Taconic 26k Taconic (AGC-17) moored pierside, Naval Station Norfolk, 1948. Donald Burgin
    Taconic 77k Taconic (AGC-17) underway, date and place unknown. .
    Taconic 62k Taconic (AGC-17) at NavSta Rota, Spain Gary Green
    Taconic 29k Taconic (AGC-17) at anchor, date and place unknown. Bobby Meister
    Taconic 106k Taconic (AGC-17) underway, circa October 1968, place unknown. Vernon C Cook, USN Ret
    Taconic 163k Taconic (AGC-17) anchored, off Little Creek Amphibious Base, Virginia Beach, VA., date unknown Mike Smolinski
    Taconic 86k Taconic (AGC-17) anchored off Little Creek Amphibious Base, Virginia Beach, VA. in 1961. William Maki ETR2
    Taconic 39k Taconic (AGC-17) at anchor in 1947, place unknown.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-704282 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    View the Taconic (AGC-17)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Taconic Association
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