USS Mount Mc Kinley (AGC-7)

USS Mount Mc Kinley (AGC-7)

USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7/LCC-7) was the lead ship of the Mount McKinley-class of amphibious force command ships. She was named after the highest mountain in North America. She was designed as an amphibious force 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.