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Mount McKinley-class command ship

USS Mount Olympus in 1944
Class overview
NameMount McKinley class
BuildersNorth Carolina Shipbuilding Co.
Operators United States Navy
Preceded byAppalachian class
Succeeded byAdirondack 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 and
processing systems
Armament
Aviation facilitiesHelicopter 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]

Development

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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

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Mount McKinley-class command ship
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

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  1. ^ a b 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.
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