Mount McKinley-class command ship

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USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8) in June 1944.jpg
USS Mount Olympus in 1944
Class overview
NameMount McKinley class
Builders North Carolina Shipbuilding Co.
OperatorsFlag of the United States Navy (official).svg  United States Navy
Preceded by Appalachian class
Succeeded by Adirondack class
Built1943–1944
In service1944–1972
Planned8
Completed8
Retired8
General characteristics
Type
Displacement
  • 7,500 t (7,382 long tons), light load
  • 12,580 t (12,381 long tons), full load
Length459 ft 3 in (139.98 m)
Beam63 ft (19 m)
Draft24 ft 0 in (7.32 m)
Installed power
  • 1 × propeller
  • 6,000 shp (4,474 kW)
  • 450 psi (3,103 kPa)
Propulsion
Speed16.4 knots (30.4 km/h; 18.9 mph)
Capacity
Troops
  • 103 officers
  • 338 enlisted
Complement
  • 54 officers
  • 568 enlisted
Sensors &
processing systems
Armament
Aviation facilities Helicopter deck

The Mount McKinley-class command ship was a ship class of command ships of the United States Navy during World War II and the Cold War. All eight ships were converted from Type C2-S-AJ1 cargo ships. [1]

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Development

Eight type C2 cargo ships were converted into command ships for the US Navy throughout the middle to later stages of World War II. After the war, all were modernized with new radars and all decommissioned by the 1970s to be later scrapped. [2]

The ship's hull remained nearly the same but with new equipment to carry out her purpose now placed on deck alongside several cranes. The ships' armaments had been slightly changed and relocated in order for the ships to carry out their new roles. [1] All ships served in the Pacific Theater until the end of the war with no ships lost in combat.

Ships in the class

Mount McKinley-class command ship
Hull no.NameBuilderLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedFate
AGC-7 / LCC-7 Mount McKinley North Carolina Shipbuilding Co. 31 July 194327 September 19431 May 194426 March 1970Scrapped, 22 September 1977
AGC-8 Mount Olympus 3 August 19433 October 19434 May 19444 April 1956Scrapped, 22 January 1973
AGC-9 Wasatch 8 October 194320 May 194430 August 1946Scrapped
AGC-10 Auburn 14 August 194319 October 194320 July 19447 May 1947Scrapped, 17 February 1961
AGC-11 / LCC-11 Eldorado 26 October 194326 August 19448 November 1972Scrapped, 25 April 1974
AGC-12 / LCC-12 Estes 1 November 19439 October 194431 October 1969Scrapped, 1 December 1977
AGC-13 Panamint 1 September 19439 November 194314 October 1944January 1947Scrapped, 20 March 1961
AGC-14 Teton 9 November 19435 February 194418 October 194430 August 1946Scrapped, 26 March 1962

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. 2002. ISBN   1-55750-250-1.
  2. Richard, Worth (2001). Fleets of World War II. Da Capo Press.