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AGC / LCC-7 Mount McKinley

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Tango - Xray - Charlie
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons






Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Expeditionary Medal (1-Cuba) - American Campaign Medal
Third Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)
Fourth Row - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (8) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Lebanon, 1-Cuba, 6-Vietnam)
Fifth Row - Vietnam Service Medal (3) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (6) - United Nations Service Medal
Sixth Row - Philippine Liberation Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Mount McKinley Class Amphibious Force Flagship:
  • Laid down, 31 July 1943, as Cyclone, a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1345) at North Carolina Shipbuilding Co. Wilmington, N.C.
  • Launched, 27 September 1943
  • Acquired by the Navy, 27 December 1943
  • Converted at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA., to an Amphibious Force Command Ship (AGC)
  • Commissioned, USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7), 1 May 1944, Capt. W. M. Graham in command.
  • During World War II Mount McKinley (AGC-7) participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Western Caroline Islands operation;
    Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, Peleliu
    15 September to 14 October 1944
    		 Luzon operation;
    Mindoro landings
    15 to 18 December 1944
    Leyte operation;
    Ormoc Bay landings
    7 to 13 December 1944
    		 Okinawa Gunto operation;
    Invasion and occupation of Okinawa Gunto
    1 April to 22 May 1945

  • During the Korean War Mount McKinley (AGC-7) participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    North Korean Aggression
    17 to 24 July 1950
    18 September to 2 November 1950    		 Communist China Spring Offensive
    29 April to 1 May 1951
    Communist China Aggression
    3 November 1950 to 24 January 1951    		 Second Korean Winter
    9 to 13 April 1952
    Inchon Landing
    13 to 17 September 1950    		 Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952
    2 to 5 May 1952
    8 to 14 June 1952
    19 June to 23 July 1952
    1 to 2 September 1952
    25 to 30 November 1952
    First UN Counter Offensive
    25 January to 17 March 1951    		 Third Korean Winter
    1 to 2 December 1952
    5 to 7 January 1953

  • During the Vietnam War Mount McKinley (AGC-7) participated in the following campaigns:
    Vietnam War Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive
    29 to 30 June 1966    		 Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III
    28 July to 4 August 1967
    17 August to 4 September 1967
    9 September to 12 October 1967
    26 October to 16 November 1967
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II
    1 to 6 July 1966    		 .

  • Redesignated Amphibious Command Ship (LCC-7) 1 January 1969
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 26 March 1970
  • Final Disposition, disposed of by Maritime Administration sale, 22 September 1977, scrapped
  • Mount McKinley received four battle stars for World War II, eight battle stars for Korean War service and three campaign stars for Vietnam War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 7,500 t.(lt), 12,580 t.(fl)
    Length 459'3"
    Beam 63'
    Draft 28' 2"
    Speed 15 kts.
    Complement
    54 Officers
    568 Enlisted
    Armament
    two 5"/38 DP gun mounts
    four twin mount 40mm AA gun mounts
    ten twin 20mm AA gum mounts
    Propulsion
    1 General Electric Geared turbine drive
    2 Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers
    single propeller, designed shaft horsepower 6,000
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    Mount McKinley 19k Mount McKinley (AGC-7) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Mt McKinley (AGC-7) Veteran.Net Web Site
    Mount McKinley 99k Mount McKinley (AGC-7) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Russ Padden
    Mount McKinley 128k Mount McKinley (AGC-7) underway, date and place unknown.
    Photo from Lanier (APA-125) Cruise Book, 1944-46.    		 Russ Padden
    Mount McKinley 48k Mount McKinley (AGC-7) moored to a buoy at Sasebo, Japan, circa 1945.
    Photo by LTjg, Joseph A. Fernandez, Jr. USS Schmitt (APD-76)    		 Peter Fernandez
    Vincennes 495k Mount McKinley (AGC-7) moored to the pier opposite Vincennes (CL-64) at Navy Yard Mare Island, 7 August 1945, circa 7 July to 29 August 1945.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 5830-45    		Darryl Baker
    Mount McKinley 84k Mount McKinley (AGC-7) underway in Sinclair Inlet off Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., 21 August 1947
    Puget Sound Naval Shipyard photo NY8-1135 now in the collections of the US National Archives Seattle Branch.    		 Tracy White
    Mount McKinley 77k Mount McKinley (AGC-7) underway in Sinclair Inlet off Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., 21 August 1947
    Puget Sound Naval Shipyard photo NY8-1136 now in the collections of the US National Archives Seattle Branch.    		 Tracy White
    Mount McKinley 83k Mount McKinley (AGC-7) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Mt McKinley (AGC-7) Veteran.Net web site
    Mount McKinley 67k Mount McKinley (AGC-7) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
    Mount McKinley 41k Mount McKinley (AGC-7) at anchor, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Mt McKinley Association
    Mount McKinley 105k Mount McKinley (AGC-7) anchored off Hungnam on 19 December 1950. LSU-637 is alongside Mount McKinley. Askari (ARL-30) is partially visible beyond Mount McKinley's bow.
    US National Archives photo 80-G-424523, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Mount McKinley 44k Mount McKinley (AGC-7) at anchor, date and place unknown. Bill Tennison
    Mount McKinley 100k Mount McKinley (AGC-7) moored pierside at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, HI., date unknown. Russ Padden
    Mount McKinley 69k Mount McKinley (AGC-7) moored pierside at Patras Greece , April 1957. Walt Kuecks EN2 (A div.) USS Mount McKinley
    Mount McKinley 105k Mount McKinley (AGC-7) moored pierside at San Diego, 5 February 1966 © Richard Leonhardt
    Mount McKinley 91k Mount McKinley (AGC-7) at right with left to right;
    Intrepid (CVS-11),
    Agerholm (DD-826) and
    Porterfield (DD-682), at Hong Kong, BCC, July 1967.    		 Photo by Larry Backus USS Bausell
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