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AGC-20 / LCC-20 (JCC) Mount Whitney

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Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation (2) - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (11)
Second Row - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Third Row - Kosovo Service Medal (2) - Global War on Terrorism Service Medal - United Nations Medal
Blue Ridge Class Command Ship/Joint Command Ship/Amphibious Force Command Ship:
  • Originally authorized as AGC-20
  • Reclassified LCC-20, 1 January 1969
  • Laid down, 8 January 1969, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock, Newport News, VA.
  • Launched, 8 January 1970
  • Commissioned USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20), 16 January 1971
  • Mount Whitney serves as the flagship for Commander Second Fleet/Commander Striking Fleet Atlantic, and is homeported at Norfolk, VA.
  • Mount Whitney is scheduled to be turned over to control of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) in 2006
    Navigation, deck, engineering, laundry and galley services provided by MSC civil service mariners. Commanded by
    a Naval officer with a Navy mission crew
    Specifications:
    Displacement 17,000 t,
    Length 620'
    Beam 82'
    Draft 27'
    Speed 20 kts.
    Complement
    Crew 777
    Staff 869
    Armament
    Super RBOC chaff rockets
    two 25mm Bushmaster guns
    four 50 cal. Machine guns
    two 20mm Phalanx (CIWS)
    Propulsion two boilers, one geared steam turbine, one shaft, 20,000 shaft horsepower
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    Mount Whitney 70k Mount Whitney (LCC-20) commissioning, 16 January 1971.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Blue Ridge 84k Mount Whitney (LCC-20) and Blue Ridge (LCC-19) underway in the Atlantic, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "NAVSEA Journal."    		 Bob Bush
    Mount Whitney 74k Mount Whitney (LCC-20) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Mount Whitney 43k Bow view of Mount Whitney (LCC-20) moored at the Oostelijke Handelskade pier in the harbor at Amsterdam, The Netherlands, circa 1971. Robert Ruiter
    Mount Whitney 40k Stern view of Mount Whitney (LCC-20) moored at the Oostelijke Handelskade pier in the harbor at Amsterdam, The Netherlands, circa 1971. Robert Ruiter
    Mount Whitney 40k Mount Whitney (LCC-20) moored starboard side to at the Oostelijke Handelskade pier in the harbor at Amsterdam, The Netherlands, circa 1971. Robert Ruiter
    Mount Whitney 82k Mount Whitney (LCC-20) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
    Mount Whitney 88k Mount Whitney (LCC-20) underway during an Atlantic deployment, circa 1980.
    US Navy photo    		 Robert Hurst
    Mount Whitney 81k Mount Whitney (LCC-20) underway of the Virginia Capes in 1986.
    US Navy photo    		 Robert M. Cieri
    Mount Whitney 82k Mount Whitney (LCC-20) docking/undocking, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Mount Whitney 127k Mount Whitney (LCC-20) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Mount Whitney 61k Mount Whitney (LCC-20) at NavSta Norfolk VA., date unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Mount Whitney 124k Mount Whitney (LCC-20) underway, overhead view, date and place unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Mount Whitney 76k Mount Whitney (LCC-20) in the harbor at Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 2001. Derek Strahan
    Mount Whitney 91k Mount Whitney (LCC-20), flagship to Vice Adm. Michael G. Mullen, Commander, Second Fleet and the Commander, Striking Fleet Atlantic, underway in the Atlantic Ocean while participating in Joint Task Force Exercise 01-3 (JTFEX) with other US Navy ships and Marines along with Air Force, and Army units, 15 August 2001.
    US Navy photo # 010815-N-2743B-001 by PH1 Joe Bullinger, photo from Navy Newsstand web site.    		 Bill Gonyo
    Mount Whitney 90k Mount Whitney (LCC-20) underway while a US Navy CH-46 "Sea Knight" helicopter patrols the area around the ship. 3 January 2003
    US Navy photo # 1-030103-N-0000K-001 from the Navy Newsstand web site.    		 Bernard A. Cardali USN, USS LST-308
    Mount Whitney 163k Mount Whitney (LCC-20), the Second Fleet Flagship, underway while participating in Joint Task Force Exercise 01-3.
    US Navy photo # 010815-N-2743B-005 by PH1 Joe Bullinger.    		 Navy NewsStand
    Mount Whitney 54k Mount Whitney (LCC-20) pulls away from its berth at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., as she begins her journey to Italy to relieve the command ship La Salle (AGF 3) as the Commander Sixth Fleet flagship. Mount Whitney served for more than 30 years as the command ship for Commander Second Fleet/NATO Striking Fleet Atlantic.
    US Navy photo # 050114-N-5027S-003 by PH2 Robert M Schalk.    		 US Navy NewsStand
    Mount Whitney 69k Mount Whitney (LCC-20) pulls into Gaeta Harbor in Italy. Mount Whitney is scheduled to replace the command ship La Salle (AGF 3) as the U.S. 6th Fleet flagship during February 2005.
    US Navy photo # 050201-N-4178C-001 by JO1 Bruce Cummins. Photo from Navy NewsStand.    		 Jack Treutle
    Mount Whitney 847k Mount Whitney (LCC-20) arrives in Souda harbor, 18 September2007, for a brief port visit on Greece's largest island.
    US Navy photo # 070918-N-0780F-001 SOUDA BAY, Crete, Greece (Sept. 18, 2007) by Mr. Paul Farley. Photo from Navy NewsStand.    		 Lee Wahler
    Mount Whitney (LCC-20) Memorabilia
    Mount Whitney
    Commissioning Program
    Contributed by
    Robert M. Cieri    		 Mount Whitney
    Intelligence Dept. Patch
    Contributed by
    Robert M. Cieri
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC-20)
    US Navy Fact File - Amphibious Command Ships - LCC
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