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USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) is the lead ship of the two Blue Ridge-class amphibious command ships of the United States Navy, and is the flagship of the Seventh Fleet. Her primary role is to provide command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) support to the commander and staff of the United States Seventh Fleet.
USS Blue Ridge (ID-2432), was originally constructed as the Great Lakes passenger steamer Virginia and was in service for less than a year during 1918; USS Blue Ridge (AGC-2), was an amphibious force flagship, and served from 1943 to 1947; USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19), is a command and control ship, serving as the Seventh Fleet command ship
At the time of their commissionings, the ships of the Blue Ridge class had the distinction of carrying the world's most sophisticated electronics suites, thirty percent larger than that of the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy, which had been the most complex. They were fitted with a "main battery" of computers, communications gear, and ...
The Seventh Fleet Command Ship is USS Blue Ridge, based at U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Yokosuka, Japan. In 2004, Blue Ridge entered dry dock and the responsibility was transferred temporarily to USS Coronado. Blue Ridge returned to duty 27 September 2004.
USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7) was the lead ship of the previous class of amphibious force command ships. She was designed as an amphibious force flagship, a floating command post with advanced communications equipment and extensive combat information spaces to be used by the amphibious forces commander and landing force commander during large-scale operations.
USS Mount McKinley (LCC-7) USS Taconic (LCC-17) USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) Further information: Amphibious command ship and Command ship All Amphibious force flagships (AGC) in service in 1969 were reclassed as Amphibious Command Ships (LCC), which should not be confused with the World War II era Landing craft, control (LCC) .
USS Blue Ridge (AGC-2) was an Appalachian-class amphibious force flagship in the United States Navy. She was named for the southeasternmost ridge of the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia and North Carolina .
USS Blue Ridge (ID-2432) Wearing camouflage paint and with her bow removed for passage through the locks between the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River, circa summer 1918. Avalon — return to commercial service, 1919–1951