ELDORADO LCC 11

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Mount McKinley Class Amphibious Force Command Ship Keel Laid (Date unknown) as "SS MONSOON" Launched October 26 1943 Acquired by U.S. Navy February 1 1944 Converted to Amphibious Force Flagship USS ELDORADO AGC-11 Commissioned August 26 1944 USS ELDORADO LCC-11 Redesignated Amphibious Command Ship (LCC) January 1 1969 Decommissioned November 8 1972 Struck from Naval Register November 16 1972 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet Sold December 1 1976 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Eldorado AGC/LCC-11 Covers Page 1    (1945-72)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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Post Office Established 1944 - Disestablished November 16 1972

 

Locy Type 2

1957-08-10

As AGC-11
MSTS Arctic Operation 1957

 

Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-12

1947-10-12

As AGC-11
Cachet Category Columbus Day and Cachet Maker Donald R. Graf

 

Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-12a

1949-10-30

As AGC-11

 

Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-12d

1955-06-28

As AGC-11

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1967-06-18

As AGC-11
Note: Listed in USCS Postmark Catalog as Type 2(n) (U S S)...Hyphen clearly visible

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (LCC,USS)

1972-06-19

As LCC-11

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-11-28

As AGC-11

 

Locy Type 9efu (Br.)

1955-06-28

As AGC-11

 

Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-12b

1946-01-05

As AGC-11

 

Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-12c

1946-05-19

As AGC-11

 

Other Information

ELDORADO earned two Battle Stars for World War II service
* Iwo Jima operation
Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, February 19 to March 9 1945
* Okinawa Gunto operation
Invasion and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, April 1 to May 18 1945

Earned eight Battle Stars for Korean War service
* North Korean Aggression
September 14-15 1950
September 18 to November 2 1950
* Communist China Aggression
November 3 1950 to January 13 1951
* Inchon Landing
September 16-17 1950
* First UN Counter Offensive
February 15 to April 21 1951
* Communist China Spring Offensive
April 22 to May 30 1951
June 20-24 1951
June 27 to July 8 1951
* UN Summer-Fall Offensive
July 9-28 1951
* Third Korean Winter
February 23 to March 5 1953
April 25-30 1953
* Korea, Summer-Fall 1953
May 1-5 1953
June 10-19 1953
June 24-26 1953
July 25-27 1953

Earned ten Campaign Stars for Vietnam War service
* Vietnam Defense
November 26 to December 6 1965
* Vietnam Counteroffensive
March 26 to April 6 1966
* Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase II
February 14-21 1967
March 5-13 1967
March 19-25 1967
April 17 to May 2 1967
May 17-31 1967
* Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase III
June 1-25 1967
July 2-31 1967
* Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase V
August 6-21 1968
August 28 to September 15 1968
October 3-18 1968
* Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase VI
November 8 to December 17 1968
December 27 1968 to January 3 1969
January 8-27 1969
* Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970
March 8-14 1970
April 3-7 1970
* Sanctuary Counteroffensive
May 20 to June 5 1970
* Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase VII
July 16-25 1970
August 30 to September 1 1971
September 8-13 1971
October 30 to November 6 1971
* Consolidation II
December 9-11 1971
January 17-20 1972
January 24-27 1972

USS Eldorado earned the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, the China Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 2 Battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp), the National Defense Service Medal w/ 2 stars, the Korean Service Medal w/ 8 Battle stars, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/ 1 star, the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 10 Battle stars, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (13 awards), the United Nations Service Medal, the Philippines Liberation Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A mountain range in Nevada.

 

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