USN · AGC
Wasatch
Photos and infoAmphibious force command ship, AGC-9. Kinkaid's Seventh Fleet flagship for the Leyte landing. On 20 October 1944 she went up into Leyte Gulf. During the battles on 24 and 25 October she stayed in the gulf.
| Type | Amphibious command ship (AGC) |
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| Hull | AGC-9 |
| Builder | North Carolina Shipbuilding, Wilmington |
| Launched | 1943-10-08 |
| Commissioned | 1944-05-20 |
| Fate | Afloat. 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.
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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Command
Battle of Surigao Strait
1944-10-25 · Seventh Fleet flagship, in Leyte Gulf. Not in the strait. Not sunk.
Battle off Samar
1944-10-25 · Seventh Fleet flagship, in Leyte Gulf. Not in the gunfight. Not sunk.
