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Wasatch

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TypeAmphibious command ship (AGC)
HullAGC-9
BuilderNorth Carolina Shipbuilding, Wilmington
Launched1943-10-08
Commissioned1944-05-20
FateAfloat. Amphibious command ship. On 14 October 1944 Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid broke his flag in her. She was the Seventh Fleet flagship in Leyte Gulf. She was not in the Surigao Strait fight and not in the Samar gunfight. Not sunk. He left her at Humboldt Bay on 2 November 1944.
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

Wasatch
U.S. Navy photograph of Wasatch (AGC-9). The hull number AGC 9 is on the bow. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Wasatch (AGC-9).jpg. Public domain.

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