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HISTORY OF THE USS MOUNT MCKINLEY QAGC-7, l.. n In the dark days of 1943, the war on the home front was a desperate struggle for rapid and efficient production of war materials. In the North Carolina shipbuilding yards ln Wilmington, N. C., another victory in this struggle was won on September 27, 1943. Maritime Commission C-2 hull number 1347 was launched a mere 58 days after the keel was laid. Chrlstened WS. S. Cyclone,N she never sailed with a merchant crew, but was chosen for conversion to an amphibious force flagship. The AGC was a new class of ship in the Navy, developed during World War II to serve as a floating command post for amphibious assaults. All the facilities required for the complex staff and command functions of modern amphibious operations were combined in this one ship. The Navy spent more than 55,000,000 convertlng the S. S. Cyclgneo She was in drydock twice, and on l May 1944 was commissioned in the United States Navy as U53 MOUNT MCKINLEY CAGC-71. Her name comes from Mount McKinley in Alaska, at 20,269 feet the highest peak in North America. Under her first commanding officer, Captain Roy W. M. Graham, USN, MOUNT MCKINLEY sailed for the Russell Islands with Rear Admiral G. H. Fort USN, embarked. On arrival, the forces made preparations for the assault , on the Palau Islands. The successful landing of the First Marine Division on Lelelu was directed from the ship, which lay out 2,500 yards from the beach. 3 1 fi 5 5 1 5 jx it gl S