USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8)

USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8) was a Mount McKinley-class amphibious force command ship commissioned by the United States Navy in October 1944. Designed as a floating command post, she served as the flagship for amphibious operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II, including the landings at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Following the war, Mount Olympus participated in Operation Crossroads, the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946. The ship continued to serve in various capacities until she was decommissioned in 1969.