_moored_in_Antarctica_c1947.jpg) USS Mount Olympus moored in Antarctica, 1946-47
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Mount Olympus |
| Namesake | Mount Olympus in Washington |
| Builder | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down | 3 August 1943 |
| Launched | 3 October 1943 |
| Commissioned | 24 May 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 4 April 1956 |
| Stricken | 1 June 1961 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Mount McKinley-class command ship |
| Displacement | 12,142 tons |
| Length | 459 ft 2 in (140 m) |
| Beam | 63 ft (19.2 m) |
| Draft | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Speed | 15 knots |
| Complement | 729 |
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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.