Rocky Mount 1944
Blue Ridge 1955
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| AGC1 | Appalachian | 242 | Federal, Kearny // Todd, Brooklyn | 11.1942 | 29.1.1943 | 10.1943 | stricken 3.1959 |
| AGC2 | Blue Ridge | 243 | Federal, Kearny // Bethlehem, Brooklyn | 12/1942 | 7.3.1943 | 9.1943 | stricken 1.1960 |
| AGC3 | Rocky Mount | 244 | Federal, Kearny // Bethlehem, Hoboken | 12.1942 | 7.3.1943 | 10.1943 | stricken 7.1960 |
| AGC5 | Catoctin (ex-Mary Whitridge) | 231 | 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: 1 set General Electric geared steam turbines, 2 Combustion Engineering boilers AGC3: 1 set De Laval geared steam turbines, 2 Combustion Engineering boilers AGC5: 1 set General Electric geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
6600 |
|
Max speed, kts |
17 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 3305 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) |
48460(15) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 12, 4 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 14 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4 |
| Military load |
2 LCVP, 4 LCPL, 2 LCPR, 2 LCC, 165 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 |
875 |
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.1/1946, all: 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
Naval service: Catoctin was damaged by German aircraft at Southern coast of France 18.8.1944.
Rocky Mount 1944
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