USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Mount_McKinley_(AGC-7)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
Amphibious Force Command Ship
gptkbp:armament 8 × 40 mm AA guns
16 × 20 mm AA guns
2 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:Republic_of_Vietnam_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Korean_Service_Medal
gptkb:Philippine_Liberation_Medal
gptkb:United_Nations_Service_Medal
gptkbp:beam 63 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:North_Carolina_Shipbuilding_Company
gptkbp:class gptkb:Mount_McKinley-class_command_ship
gptkbp:commissioned 1 May 1944
gptkbp:convertedTo Type C2-S-AJ3 cargo ship
gptkbp:decommissioned 26 March 1970
gptkbp:displacement 13,910 tons (full load)
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7)
gptkbp:hullNumber AGC-7
gptkbp:launched 27 February 1943
gptkbp:length 459 feet
gptkbp:name USS Mount McKinley
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Mount_McKinley
gptkbp:notableEvent Flagship during Inchon landings, Korean War
Supported amphibious operations in Vietnam
Supported atomic tests at Bikini Atoll (Operation Crossroads)
Flagship for amphibious operations in the Pacific during World War II
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbine
gptkbp:scrapped 1980
gptkbp:speed 16 knots
gptkbp:sponsor Mrs. J. W. Carter
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mount_McKinley-class_command_ship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7