Taconic (AGC 17) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1962

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ee .1 3 , g 3- ? 2 -M 4 , , ,,,, 'Q YV. Y 8 ,' urn i 1 f - ffm i lr 1 - ' Q 3324 ' 'S' r!' 1 -i CBL! :SAL TACONIC, built in North Carolina in 1944 and commissioned 'in Brooklyn on 16 January 1945, ha.s been an Amphibious Force Flagship for the past 16 years. She has participated in many training exercises on the East Coast, The Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico. This has. been her seventh Mediterranean cruise. In June 1949, TACONIC brought dependents of Naval personnel from the Panama Canal Zone to Norfolk during Operation Diaper . In 1952 she participated in Operation SUNEC in Greenland. In 1953 she served 4 months as flagship for Commander Fleet Air, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean and participated in Operation Weldfast . In March 1957, TACONIC carried President Eisenhower's limousine and staff cars to Ber- muda, B. W. I., where she furnished communications support for the meeting between the Presi- dent and Prime Minister MacMillan. In July 1958, TACONIC, with COMPHIBRON 6 embarked, was present at the initial land- ings in Lebanon. While she was there, she served as iiagship for Admiral James L. Holloway, USN, Commander in Chief, Specified Command Middle East. In November 1959, while deployed in the Mediterranean, TACONIC transited the Suez Canal to participate in Operation MONSOON, serving as communications and support ship for Presi- dent Eisenhower's visit to Karachi, Kabul, and New Delhi. Norfolk, Virginia has been the TACONIC's only home port. VOX IMPERATORIS

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