USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8)
USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8) was a Mount McKinley-class amphibious force command ship, named after the highest peak in the Olympic Mountains of Washington. 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.
Read more about USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8): World War II, Post-war, Decommissioning
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