Command ship
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missile range instrumentation ship of the French Navy
.Command ships serve as the flagships of the commander of a fleet. They provide communications, office space, and accommodations for a fleet commander and their staff, and serve to coordinate fleet activities.
An auxiliary command ship features the
).Currently, the United States Navy operates two command ships, USS Blue Ridge and USS Mount Whitney, both of the purpose-built Blue Ridge class. Two command ships, USS La Salle and USS Coronado were converted from Landing Platform Docks (LPD); these ships were decommissioned in March 2005 and December 2006 and sunk as targets in support of a fleet training exercise on 11 April 2007 and as part of live-fire exercise Valiant Shield 2012, respectively.[1]
The
tracking stations.[2]
Similar U.S. vessels were classified as Missile Range Instrumentation Ships (T-AGM).
See also
- Amphibious command ships
- Auxiliary command ships
- Command cruisers
- List of cruisers of the United States Navy § Command cruisers (CLC, CC)
- National Emergency Command Post Afloat
- Radar Picket § Northampton Command Cruiser
- Space tracking or command ships
- WW2 construction battalion (Seebee) and Service Squadroncommand ships
- USS Argonne (AG-31) - Service Squadron mobile base command ship, ex-fleet flagship
- USS Cascade (AD-16) - Service Squadron mobile base command ship
- USS City of Dalhart (IX-156) - Seebee command ship
- USS Ocelot (IX-110) - Service Squadron mobile base command ship
- USS Wright (AG-79) / USS San Clemente (AG-79)- Service Squadron mobile base command ship
- Absalon-class support ship
- De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate
References
- ^ "U.S. Navy conducts SINKEX as part of Valiant Shield 2012". Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: Commander, United States Pacific Fleet. 12 September 2012. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2012.