MOUNT MCKINLEY amphibious command ships (1944-1946)
Mount McKinley 1963
Estes 1970
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| AGC7, 1.1969- LCC7 | Mount McKinley (ex-Cyclone) | 92 | North Carolina SB, Wilmington // Philadelphia N Yd | 7.1943 | 27.9.1943 | 5.1944 | stricken 3.1970 |
| AGC8 | Mount Olympus (ex-Eclipse) | 93 | North Carolina SB, Wilmington // Boston N Yd, Charlestown | 8.1943 | 3.10.1943 | 5.1944 | stricken 6.1961 |
| AGC9 | Wasatch (ex-Fleetwing) | 94 | North Carolina SB, Wilmington // Norfolk N Yd, Portsmouth | 8.1943 | 8.10.1943 | 5.1944 | stricken 1.1960 |
| AGC10 | Auburn (ex-Kathay) | 96 | North Carolina SB, Wilmington // Bethlehem, Hoboken | 8.1943 | 19.10.1943 | 7.1944 | stricken 7.1960 |
| AGC11, 1.1969- LCC11 | Eldorado (ex-Monsoon) | 97 | North Carolina SB, Wilmington // Bethlehem, Brooklyn | 1943 | 26.10.1943 | 8.1944 | stricken 11.1972 |
| AGC12, 1.1969- LCC12 | Estes (ex-Morning Star) | 98 | North Carolina SB, Wilmington // Norfolk N Yd, Portsmouth | 1943 | 1.11.1943 | 10.1944 | stricken 7.1976 |
| AGC13 | Panamint (ex-Northern Light) | 99 | North Carolina SB, Wilmington // Todd, Hoboken | 9.1943 | 9.11.1943 | 10.1944 | stricken 7.1960 |
| AGC14 | Teton (ex-Witch of the Wave) | 108 | North Carolina SB, Wilmington // Bethlehem, Brooklyn | 11.1943 | 5.2.1944 | 10.1944 | stricken 6.1961 |
| AGC15 | Adirondack | 196 | North Carolina SB, Wilmington // Philadelphia N Yd | 11/1944 | 13.1.1945 | 9.1945 | stricken 6.1961 |
| AGC16, 1.1969 - LCC16 | Pocono | 198 | North Carolina SB, Wilmington // Boston N Yd, Charlestown | 11/1944 | 25.1.1945 | 12.1945 | stricken 12.1976 |
| AGC17, 1.1969- LCC17 | Taconic | 201 | 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: 1 set General Electric geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers AGC11-13, 15-17: 1 set General Electric geared steam turbines, 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 3273 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) |
43948(12) |
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Armament |
AGC7 - 14: 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 12, 4 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 14 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4 AGC15, 16: 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 12, 4 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 12 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4 AGC17: 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 4 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 12 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 |
| Military load |
2 LCVP, 4 LCPL, 2 LCPR, 2 LCC, 336 persons of HQ AGC15 - 17: 4 LCPL, 1 LCPR, 317 persons of HQ |
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Electronic equipment |
presumably SA or SC or SR, SG or SU, SK, SM or SP radars |
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Complement |
1063 |
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.1/1946, AGC7 - 14: 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 4 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 14 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, SA or SC or SR, SG or SU, SK, SM or SP radars
1.1946, AGC15, 16: 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 4 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 12 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, SA or SC or SR, SG or SU, SK, SM or SP radars
Naval service: No significant events.
Eldorado 1944
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