USS Mount Olympus

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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USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8)
Mount McKinley-class command ship, command ship, North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, United States Navy,

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1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1943-08-03T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1956-04-04T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1944-05-24T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1943-10-03T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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US Task Group 68.2 operating in Antarctica c1947

PHIBLANT command ships at Norfolk c1953

USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8) moored in Antarctica c1947

HNS-1 fliyng over TG 68.2 in Antarctica c1947

USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8) in World War II

USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8) in June 1944

USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8) at Shanghai in 1946

USN Support Ship, Operation Highjump, 1947 (11714261564)

Type	Subtype	Description	Source

commons	image	US Task Group 68.2 operating in Antarctica c1947	Commons
commons	image	PHIBLANT command ships at Norfolk c1953	Commons
commons	image	USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8) moored in Antarctica c1947	Commons
commons	image	HNS-1 fliyng over TG 68.2 in Antarctica c1947	Commons
commons	image	USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8) in World War II	Commons
commons	image	USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8) in June 1944	Commons
commons	image	USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8) at Shanghai in 1946	Commons
commons	image	USN Support Ship, Operation Highjump, 1947 (11714261564)	Commons

USS Mount Olympus

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