Summary
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]
 USS Mount Olympus in 1944
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Mount McKinley class |
| Builders | North Carolina Shipbuilding Co. |
| Operators |  United States Navy |
| Preceded by | Appalachian class |
| Succeeded by | Adirondack class |
| Built | 1943–1944 |
| In service | 1944–1972 |
| Planned | 8 |
| Completed | 8 |
| Retired | 8 |
| General characteristics | |
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| Length | 459 ft 3 in (139.98 m) |
| Beam | 63 ft (19 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft 0 in (7.32 m) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16.4 knots (30.4 km/h; 18.9 mph) |
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| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Armament |
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| Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck |
Development edit
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 edit
| Mount McKinley-class command ship | |||||||
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| Hull no. | Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
| AGC-7 / LCC-7 | Mount McKinley | North Carolina Shipbuilding Co. | 31 July 1943 | 27 September 1943 | 1 May 1944 | 26 March 1970 | Scrapped, 22 September 1977 |
| AGC-8 | Mount Olympus | 3 August 1943 | 3 October 1943 | 4 May 1944 | 4 April 1956 | Scrapped, 22 January 1973 | |
| AGC-9 | Wasatch | 8 October 1943 | 20 May 1944 | 30 August 1946 | Scrapped | ||
| AGC-10 | Auburn | 14 August 1943 | 19 October 1943 | 20 July 1944 | 7 May 1947 | Scrapped, 17 February 1961 | |
| AGC-11 / LCC-11 | Eldorado | 26 October 1943 | 26 August 1944 | 8 November 1972 | Scrapped, 25 April 1974 | ||
| AGC-12 / LCC-12 | Estes | 1 November 1943 | 9 October 1944 | 31 October 1969 | Scrapped, 1 December 1977 | ||
| AGC-13 | Panamint | 1 September 1943 | 9 November 1943 | 14 October 1944 | January 1947 | Scrapped, 20 March 1961 | |
| AGC-14 | Teton | 9 November 1943 | 5 February 1944 | 18 October 1944 | 30 August 1946 | Scrapped, 26 March 1962 | |
References edit
External links edit
- Amphibious Force Command Ship (AGC) photo gallery
- United States Navy. 1959-1991. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
- Worth, Richard. 2001. Fleets of World War II. Da Capo Press.
- 2002. U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-250-1.