nearly sister-ship Mount Olympus 1954
| No | Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| AGC1 | Appalachian | Federal, Kearny // Todd, Brooklyn | 11/1942 | 29/1/1943 | 10/1943 | stricken 3/1959 |
| AGC2 | Blue Ridge | Federal, Kearny // Bethlehem, Brooklyn | 12/1942 | 7/3/1943 | 9/1943 | stricken 1/1960 |
| AGC3 | Rocky Mount | Federal, Kearny // Bethlehem, Hoboken | 12/1942 | 7/3/1943 | 10/1943 | stricken 7/1960 |
| AGC5 | Catoctin (ex-Mary Whitridge) | Moore, Oakland // Philadelphia N Yd | 1942 | 23/1/1943 | 1/1944 | stricken 12/1959 |
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Displacement standard, t |
8700 |
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Displacement full, t |
13910 |
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Length, m |
132.6 wl 140.0 a |
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Breadth, m |
19.2 |
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Draught, m |
7.32 full load |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
AGC1, 2: General Electric geared steam turbine, 2 Combustion Engineering boilers AGC3: De Laval geared steam turbine, 2 Combustion Engineering boilers AGC5: General Electric geared steam turbine, 2 Foster Wheeler boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
6600 |
|
Max speed, kts |
17 |
|
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 |
368 persons of HQ |
|
Sensors |
presumably SA or SC or SR, SG or SU, SK, SM or SP radars |
|
Complement |
875 |
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. Appalachian class ships were converted from C2-S-B1 hulls.
Modernizations:
None.Naval service: Catoctin was damaged by German aircraft at Southern coast of France 18/8/1944.
Rocky Mount 1944
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