Mount Olympus 1954
| No | Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| AGC7, 1/1969- LCC7 | Mount McKinley (ex-Cyclone) | North Carolina SB, Wilmington // Philadelphia N Yd | 7/1943 | 27/9/1943 | 5/1944 | stricken 3/1970 |
| AGC8 | Mount Olympus (ex-Eclipse) | North Carolina SB, Wilmington // Boston N Yd, Charlestown | 8/1943 | 3/10/1943 | 5/1944 | stricken 6/1961 |
| AGC9 | Wasatch (ex-Fleetwood) | North Carolina SB, Wilmington // Norfolk N Yd, Portsmouth | 8/1943 | 8/10/1943 | 5/1944 | stricken 1/1960 |
| AGC10 | Auburn (ex-Kathay) | North Carolina SB, Wilmington // Bethlehem, Hoboken | 8/1943 | 19/10/1943 | 7/1944 | stricken 7/1960 |
| AGC11, 1/1969- LCC11 | Eldorado (ex-Monsoon) | North Carolina SB, Wilmington // Bethlehem, Brooklyn | 1943 | 26/10/1943 | 8/1944 | stricken 11/1972 |
| AGC12, 1/1969- LCC12 | Estes (ex-Morning Star) | North Carolina SB, Wilmington // Norfolk N Yd, Portsmouth | 1943 | 1/11/1943 | 10/1944 | stricken 7/1976 |
| AGC13 | Panamint (ex-Northern Light) | North Carolina SB, Wilmington // Todd, Hoboken | 9/1943 | 9/11/1943 | 10/1944 | stricken 7/1960 |
| AGC14 | Teton (ex-Water Witch) | North Carolina SB, Wilmington // Bethlehem, Brooklyn | 11/1943 | 5/2/1944 | 10/1944 | stricken 6/1961 |
| AGC15 | Adirondack | North Carolina SB, Wilmington // Philadelphia N Yd | 11/1944 | 13/1/1945 | 9/1945 | stricken 6/1961 |
| AGC16, 1/1969 - LCC16 | Pocono | North Carolina SB, Wilmington // Boston N Yd, Charlestown | 11/1944 | 25/1/1945 | 12/1945 | stricken 12/1976 |
| AGC17, 1/1969- LCC17 | Taconic | North Carolina SB, Wilmington // Atlantic Basin IW, Portsmouth | 12/1944 | 10/2/1945 | 1/1946 | stricken 12/1976 |
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Displacement standard, t |
8700 |
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Displacement full, t |
12560 |
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Length, m |
132.6 wl 139.9 oa |
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Breadth, m |
19.2 |
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Draught, m |
7.60 full load |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
AGC7-10, 14: General Electric geared steam turbine, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers AGC11-13, 15-17: General Electric geared steam turbine, 2 Combustion Engineering boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
6600 |
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Max speed, kts |
17 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 1553 |
| Endurance, nm (kts) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 12, 4 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors, 10 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon |
| Military load |
441 persons of HQ |
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Sensors |
presumably SA or SC or SR, SG or SU, SK, SM or SP radars |
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Complement |
1063 |
Ship project history: Amphibious command ships (sometimes were called also as command ships) were equipped with a wide set of a communication facility and landing commander operated all the kinds of forces from these ships: from fire support ships till fighter aviation. Majority of AGCs was built in hulls of standard transports of C2 type, except for converted in 1944 six Treasury class Coast Guard cutters and small seaplane tender Biscayne, converted in 1943. Mount McKinley class ships were converted from standard C2-S-AJ1 hulls.
Modernizations:
None.Fate Notes: No significant events.
Eldorado 1944
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