Command ships serve as the
flagships of the commander of a
fleet
Fleet may refer to:
Vehicles
*Fishing fleet
*Naval fleet
*Fleet vehicles, a pool of motor vehicles
*Fleet Aircraft, the aircraft manufacturing company
Places
Canada
* Fleet, Alberta, Canada, a hamlet
England
* The Fleet Lagoon, at Chesil Beach ...
. 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
command and control
Command and control (abbr. C2) is a "set of organizational and technical attributes and processes ... hatemploys human, physical, and information resources to solve problems and accomplish missions" to achieve the goals of an organization or en ...
components prevalent on landing ships (command) and also features the capability to land troops and equipment. These forces will be slightly less than those on a pure landing ship due to the nature of the ship as a command vessel and hence will also house the assault commander, the flotilla commander or someone of similar status (generally of
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...
OF-7
An officer of two-star rank is a senior commander in many of the armed services holding a rank described by the NATO code of OF-7. The term is also used by some armed forces which are not NATO members. Typically, two-star officers hold the rank ...
or
OF-8
An officer of three-star rank is a senior commander in many of the armed services holding a rank described by the NATO code of OF-8. The term is also used by some armed forces which are not NATO members. Typically, three-star officers hold the ...
rank
Rank is the relative position, value, worth, complexity, power, importance, authority, level, etc. of a person or object within a ranking, such as:
Level or position in a hierarchical organization
* Academic rank
* Diplomatic rank
* Hierarchy
* ...
—such as a
major general
Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of ...
or
vice admiral).
Currently, the
United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...
operates two command ships, and , both of the purpose-built . was
decommissioned in March 2005 and sunk as a target in support of a fleet
training exercise on 11 April 2007. was decommissioned and sunk as part of live-fire exercise ''Valiant Shield 2012''.
The
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
operated several space programme command ships, , , , and the
Soviet communications ship SSV-33
''SSV-33 Ural'' (''ССВ-33 Урал''; NATO reporting name: Kapusta, Russian for "cabbage") was a command and control naval ship operated by the Soviet Navy. ''SSV-33''s hull was derived from that of the nuclear powered s with nuclear marine ...
''Ural''. These ships greatly extended the tracking range when the orbits of
cosmonaut
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...
s and unmanned missions were not within range of Soviet land-based
tracking stations.
[''Tracking sites and ships'']
Komsmonavtka Website
Retrieved 6/13/2008 Similar U.S. vessels included .
See also
*
Amphibious command ship
**
List of US Navy Amphibious Force Flagships (AGC)
**
List of US Navy Amphibious Command Ships (LCC)
*
Airborne Early Warning and Control
*
*
*
National Emergency Command Post Afloat
The National Emergency Command Post Afloat (NECPA) was part of the United States government's Continuity of Operations plans during the 1960s. It was one-third of a triad composed of airborne, ground, and sea-based assets.
History
In October 1 ...
*
*
* - conversion canceled
* - WW2
Service Squadron mobile base command ship
* - WW2 Service Squadron mobile base command ship
* - WW2 construction battalion (
Seebee
, colors =
, mascot = Bumblebee
, battles = Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Cape Gloucester, Los Negros, Guam, Peleliu, Tarawa, Kwajalein, Saipan, Tinian, Iwo Jima, Philippines ...
) command ship
References
External links
*
U. S. Navy Factfile Entry on ''Coronado''
Warships
Military command and control installations
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