USN Communications Ships - AGC & LCC, AGMR, CC

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Amphibious Force Command Ships - AGC (later LCC)
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Note - I've tried to select photos that show radio equipment and antenna installations

USS Appalachian AGC-1 - 1944	USS Appalachian AGC-1 - 1945	USS Appalachian AGC-1 - 1945	USS Appalachian AGC-1 - 1945-46
USS Ancon AGC-4 - 1943	USS Ancon AGC-4 - 1943	USS Ancon AGC-4 - 1943	USS Ancon AGC-4 - 1943
USS Ancon AGC-4 - 1943	USS Ancon AGC-4 - 1945	USS Mount McKinley AGC-7	USS Mount McKinley AGC-7 - 1950
USS Eldorado AGC-11 - 1944	USS Eldorado AGC-11 - 1944	USS Teton AGC-14 - 1945	USS Adirondack AGC-15 - postwar
USS Adirondack AGC-15 1946	USS Pocono AGC-16 - 1957	USS Pocono AGC-16 - 1957	-
	USS Blue Ridge LCC-19 - 1971	USS Blue Ridge LCC-19 - 1977	USS Blue Ridge LCC-19 - 1980 USS Mount Whitney LCC-20

USS Annapolis AGMR-1 Communications Major Relay Ship

Annapolis and Arlington were essentially floating Comm Stations with massive antenna arrays and extensive equipment installations

Annapolis had 48 HF transmitters ranging from 1kw AN/URT-23 to 40kw AN/FRT-40

• USS Annapolis web site
• USS Annapolis web site

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USS Arlington AGMR-2 Communications Major Relay Ship

• 10 10 kw transmitters (AN/FRT-39)
• 14 "500 watt transmitters" (AN/URT-23 or AN/FRT-70?)
• 65 "multi-channel receivers" (AN/FRR-60?)
• 1200 pieces of teletype gear
• 109' tall antenna masts
• USS Arlington web site
• USS Arlington web site

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Northampton and Wright were national command center ships and included extensive communications equipment and capability

Wright carried a helicopter that extended a 10,000 ft. vertical wire antenna for VLF communications

• Web page on Wright and Northampton's mission

USS Northampton CC-1 Command & Control Ship

• USS Northampton web site

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USS Wright CC-2 Command & Control Ship

• USS Wright web site
• USS Wright web site
• USS Wright web site