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16:Class of command ships of the United States Navy
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267:(30.4 km/h; 18.9 mph)
58:North Carolina Shipbuilding Co.
878:Adirondack-class command ships
646:Thomas Jane, Frederick. 1974.
222:6,000 shp (4,474 kW)
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248:Combustion Engineering
198:63 ft (19 m)
722:Jane's Fighting Ships
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662:Naval Institute Press
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366:surface-search radar
487:class command ship
427:-class command ship
411:Aviation facilities
375:early-warning radar
357:height-finder radar
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391:5"/38 caliber guns
313:processing systems
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395:6 × single
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301:54 officers
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764:Adirondack
632:Adirondack
622:References
530:Adirondack
505:Laid down
485:Adirondack
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425:Adirondack
296:Complement
232:Propulsion
116:In service
100:Blue Ridge
47:Adirondack
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658:Annapolis
508:Launched
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363:AN/SPS-10
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495:Hull no.
447:Cold War
445:and the
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354:AN/SPS-8
347:AN/SPS-6
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272:Capacity
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792:Taconic
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282:diesel
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499:Name
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263:16.4
260:Speed
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