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For the Month August in History ..

  • 08/03/1951 - USS Mt McKinley AGC-7 - On 7 June 1951, Mount McKinley sailed from Yokosuka and entered Mare Island Naval Shipyard 3 August for an extensive overhaul. Mount McKinley departed for WesPac, 6 March 1952, returning to the States 30 January 1953. While in Mare Island Navy Shipyard, a helicopter deck was installed on the fantail.

  • 08/17/1796 - English beat Bataafs navy in Saldanha Bay

  • 08/18/1954 - USS Mt McKinley AGC-7 - Mount McKinley sailed from Yokosuka and entered Mare Island Naval Shipyard 3 August 1951 for an extensive overhaul. Mount McKinley departed for WesPac, 6 March 1952, returning to the States 30 January 1953. While in Mare Island Navy Shipyard, a helicopter deck was installed on the fantail. AGC-7 sailed again, 27 October 1953, for her third tour of duty in the Korean war area, arriving Yokosuka 16 November. From then until her departure for the States 30 July 1954, she was involved in fleet and amphibious exercises off Japan, Korea, and Taiwan returning to the States on 18 August.

  • 08/19/1981 - 2 US Navy F-14 jet fighters shoot down 2 Soviet-built Libyan SU-22

  • 08/23/1942 - Walter Johnson pitches to Babe Ruth in pregame attraction that draws 69,000 for NY-Wash game (raises $80,000 for Army-Navy relief

  • 08/24/1945 - Cleveland ace Bob Feller returns from Navy & strike out 12

  • 08/28/1986 - US Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying

Famous Birthdays August ..

  • 08/07/1956 - Kent V Rominger, Del Norte Colo, US Navy /astronaut (STS 73, 80, 85)
  • 08/08/1812 - John Rodgers II, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882
  • 08/11/1811 - Judah P Benjamin, US lawyer/minister of Confederacy navy [or Aug 6]
  • 08/12/1934 - Kenneth Eaton, Controller (British Navy)
  • 08/17/1876 - Henri G Winkelman, Dutch general/supreme commander/navy 1940
  • 08/19/1905 - Fitzhugh Lee, US pilot/vice-admiral (WW II, Navy Cross)
  • 08/20/1802 - Cadwalader Ringgold, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1867
  • 08/25/1812 - Percival Drayton, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1865
  • 08/28/1798 - Gershom Jaques Van Brunt, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1863

Famous Deaths for August ..

  • 08/27/1984 - Billy Sands, actor (Phil Silvers Show, McHale's Navy), dies at 73



What happened to the Mt McKinley?

A note of interest from member Bill Ellis: This is a message I received several years ago from one of our members
concerning the fate of the McKinley.

"Subj:   Re: Mt McKinley    
Date:   09/04/2002 7:13:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From:   (withheld)
To: Bill Ellis  
Sent from the Internet (Details)    
   
Bill:

I'm sorry I took so long to get back to you.  My point of contact was out of town on vacation.  My friend referred me to Ken Alt of Naval Ships in Bremerton, Washington.

Ken tells me the records reflect the USS Mt. McKinley AGC-7/LCC-7 was sold in 1977 to a Scrap Metal company in Terminal Island, California.

Unfortunately the ship has long since been reclaimed for root metal products!

Wish I could have been able to tell you she was still alive and kicking and provided a location to view her, but alas.....

Ernie"

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