Mount McKinley-class command ship
{{short description|Class of command ships of the United States Navy}}
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| infobox caption = | italic title = }} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8) in June 1944.jpg | Ship caption = USS Mount Olympus in 1944 }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name = Mount McKinley class | Builders = North Carolina Shipbuilding Co. | Operators = {{navy|United States}} | Class before = Appalachian class | Class after = Adirondack class | Subclasses = | Cost = | Built range = 1943–1944 | In service range = 1944–1972 | In commission range = | Total ships building = | Total ships planned = 8 | Total ships completed = 8 | Total ships cancelled = | Total ships active = | Total ships laid up = | Total ships lost = | Total ships retired = 8 | Total ships preserved = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = *Command ship | Ship displacement = *{{convert|7500|t|LT|0|abbr=on}}, light load
| Ship length = {{convert|459|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|63|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = {{convert|24|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship hold depth = | Ship propulsion = *1 × General Electric geared turbine
| Ship power = *1 × propeller
| Ship speed = {{convert|16.4|kn|lk=in}} | Ship boats = | Ship capacity = *700 bbls diesel
| Ship troops = *103 officers
| Ship complement = *54 officers
| Ship armament = *2 × single 5"/38 caliber guns
| Ship sensors = *As designed:
| Ship notes = | Ship aircraft 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.{{Cite book |title=U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=2002 |isbn=1-55750-250-1 |location=Annapolis}}
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.{{Cite book |last=Richard |first=Worth |title=Fleets of World War II |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=2001}}
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. All ships served in the Pacific Theater until the end of the war with no ships lost in combat.
Ships in the class
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| colspan="7" |Mount McKinley-class command ship
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!Name !Builder !Laid down !Launched !Commissioned !Decommissioned !Fate |
| AGC-7 / LCC-7
|{{USS|Mount McKinley|AGC-7|2}} |rowspan="8" align="center" |North Carolina Shipbuilding Co. |31 July 1943 |27 September 1943 |1 May 1944 |26 March 1970 |Scrapped, 22 September 1977 |
| AGC-8
|{{USS|Mount Olympus|AGC-8|2}} |3 August 1943 |3 October 1943 |4 May 1944 |4 April 1956 |Scrapped, 22 January 1973 |
| AGC-9
|{{USS|Wasatch|AGC-9|2}} | |8 October 1943 |20 May 1944 |30 August 1946 |Scrapped |
| AGC-10
|{{USS|Auburn|AGC-10|2}} |14 August 1943 |19 October 1943 |20 July 1944 |7 May 1947 |Scrapped, 17 February 1961 |
| AGC-11 / LCC-11
|{{USS|Eldorado|AGC-11|2}} | |26 October 1943 |26 August 1944 |8 November 1972 |Scrapped, 25 April 1974 |
| AGC-12 / LCC-12
|{{USS|Estes|AGC-12|2}} | |1 November 1943 |9 October 1944 |31 October 1969 |Scrapped, 1 December 1977 |
| AGC-13
|{{USS|Panamint|AGC-13|2}} |1 September 1943 |9 November 1943 |14 October 1944 |January 1947 |Scrapped, 20 March 1961 |
| AGC-14
|{{USS|Teton|AGC-14|2}} |9 November 1943 |5 February 1944 |18 October 1944 |30 August 1946 |Scrapped, 26 March 1962 |
References
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External links
- [http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/01/01idx.htm 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}}.
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Category:Ships built in Wilmington, North Carolina
Category:Command ships of the United States Navy
Category:Auxiliary ship classes of the United States Navy
Category:World War II auxiliary ships of the United States
Category:Cold War amphibious warfare vessels of the United States