Mount McKinley-class command ship

USS Mount Olympus in 1944
Class overview
Name	Mount McKinley class
Builders	North Carolina Shipbuilding Co.
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	Appalachian class
Succeeded by	Adirondack class
Built	1943–1944
In service	1944–1972
Planned	8
Completed	8
Retired	8
General characteristics
Type	Command ship type C2-S-AJ1
Displacement	7,500 t (7,382 long tons), light load 12,580 t (12,381 long tons), full load
Length	459 ft 3 in (139.98 m)
Beam	63 ft (19 m)
Draft	24 ft 0 in (7.32 m)
Installed power	1 × propeller 6,000 shp (4,474 kW) 450 psi (3,103 kPa)
Propulsion	1 × General Electric geared turbine 2 × Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers
Speed	16.4 knots (30.4 km/h; 18.9 mph)
Capacity	700 bbls diesel 22,650 bbls NSFO
Troops	103 officers 338 enlisted
Complement	54 officers 568 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	As designed: 1 × SK-2 air-search radar 1 × SP fire-direction radar Modernization: 1 × AN/SPS-6 air-search radar 1 × AN/SPS-8 height-finder radar 1 × AN/SPS-10 surface-search radar 1 × AN/SPS-29 early-warning radar
Armament	2 × single 5"/38 caliber guns 10 × twin Oerlikon 20 mm cannons 4 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns
Aviation facilities	Helicopter deck

The Mount McKinley-class command ship was a ship class of command ships of the United States Navy during World War II and the Cold War. All eight ships were converted from Type C2-S-AJ1 cargo ships.^[1]