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U.S.S. MOUNT OLYMPUS

(AGC-8)

FLOATING NEWSROOM

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AGC-8 Deployments - Major Events

Add a AGC-8 Shellback Initiation Add a AGC-8 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
AUG1943-Keel Date: 3 AUG 1943
at North Carolina Shipbuilding Company
OCT1943-Launch Date: 3 OCT 1943
MAY1944-Commissioned: 24 MAY 1944
JUL1944-FEB1946Middle Pacific
SEP1944-Shellback Initiation - 30 SEP 1944 - Pacific Ocean
DEC1946-APR1947Antarctic Circle
DEC1946-APR1947Antarctic Circle - Operation Highjump
SEP1952-DEC1952Mediterranean
APR1956-Decommissioned: 4 APR 1956

AGC-8 General Specifications

Class: Mount McKinley-class command ship

Complement: 729 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 12142 tons

Length: 459 feet 2 inches

Beam: 63 feet

Draft: 25 feet

Final Disposition: Scrapped in 1973