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USS Mount Olympus moored in Antarctica c1947
USS Mount Olympus moored in Antarctica, 1946-47
History
USS Mount OlympusUnited States
NameUSS Mount Olympus
NamesakeMount Olympus in Washington
BuilderNorth Carolina Shipbuilding Company
Laid down3 August 1943
Launched3 October 1943
Commissioned24 May 1944
Decommissioned4 April 1956
Stricken1 June 1961
FateScrapped in 1973
General characteristics
Class and typeMount McKinley-class command ship
Displacement12,142 tons
Length459 ft 2 in (140 m)
Beam63 ft (19.2 m)
Draft25 ft (7.6 m)
Speed15 knots
Complement729
Armament
  • 2 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 cal guns (2 × 1)
  • 8 × 40 mm guns (4 × 2)
  • 20 × 20 mm guns (20 × 1)

USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8) was a Mount McKinley-class amphibious force command ship, named for the highest peak in the Olympic Mountains of the State of Washington. She was designed to be an amphibious forces 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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