North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina
Launched
26 October 1943
Acquired
1 February 1944
Commissioned
25 August 1944
Decommissioned
8 November 1972
Stricken
16 November 1972
Honours and awards
WWII: 2 battle stars
Korea: 8 battle stars
Vietnam: Meritorious Unit Commendation and 10 campaign stars
Fate
Sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 1 December 1976
General characteristics
Class and type
Mount McKinley-class amphibious command ship
Displacement
7,234 long tons (7,350 t)
Length
459 ft 2 in (139.95 m)
Beam
63 ft (19 m)
Draft
28 ft 3 in (8.61 m)
Speed
16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement
684
Armament
2 × 5"/38 caliber guns (2×1)
USS Eldorado (AGC-11) was a Mount McKinley-class amphibious force command ship, named after a mountain range in Nevada. The ship was designed as an amphibious force flagship, a floating command post with advanced communications equipment and extensive combat information spaces to be used by the amphibious forces commander and landing force commander during large-scale operations.
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Hansen, raised the flag (Thomas was ordered to report aboard the flagship USSEldorado on February 25, and during an interview with a CBS radio broadcaster...
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command of Rear Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner aboard amphibious command ship Eldorado. Son of a Confederate army general, Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr...
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