Jima-class Landing Platform Helicopter (LPH) design due to the need for flat deck space for multiple antennas. After the retirement of the fleet flagships [cruisers] these ships would be pressed into that role despite their lack of speed relative to carrier strike groups. [A] [A] Amphibious Force Flagship (AGC) All Amphibious Force Flagships (AGC) in service in 1969 were reclassed as Amphibious Command Ships (LCC). USS Appalachian (AGC-1) USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3) USS Catoctin (AGC-5) Troop transport conversion , ex-AP-66 Coast Guard cutter conversions USCGC Duane (WAGC-6), ex-WPG-33 , ex-WPG-37 USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7), later LCC-7 USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8) USS Eldorado (AGC-11), later LCC-11 USS Estes (AGC-12), later LCC-12 USS Teton (AGC-14) USS Pocono (AGC-16), later LCC-16 USS Taconic (AGC-17), later LCC-17 Barnegat-class seaplane tender conversion USS Biscayne (AGC-18), ev-AVP-11 Presidential yacht (never used as a true AGC) USS Williamsburg (AGC-369), ex-PG-56 Amphibious Cargo Ship (LKA) All Attack Cargo Ships (AKA) in service in 1969 were reclassed as Amphibious Cargo Ships (LKA). Arcturus-class USS Libra (LKA-12) Andromeda-class USS Thuban (LKA-19) USS Algol (LKA-54) USS Arneb (LKA-56) USS Capricornus (LKA-57) USS Muliphen (LKA-61) USS Yancey (LKA-93) USS Winston (LKA-94) USS Merrick (LKA-97) Tolland-class attack cargo ship USS Rankin (LKA-103) USS Seminole (LKA-104) USS Skagit (LKA-105) USS Union (LKA-106) USS Vermilion (LKA-107) USS Washburn (LKA-108) Tulare-class The Tulare would be the first AKA/LKA capable of 20 knots. USS Tulare (LKA-112) Charleston-class Attack Cargo Ship (AKA) All Attack Cargo Ships (AKA) in service in 1969 were reclassed as Amphibious Cargo Ships (LKA). , ex-AK-18 , ex-AK-19 , ex-AK-20 , ex-AK-21 , ex-AK-22, later AE-20 , ex-AK-23 , ex-AK-24 , ex-AK-25 , ex-AK-26 , ex-AK-27 , ex-AK-28 , ex-AK-53, later LKA-12 , ex-AK-55 , ex-AK-56 , ex-AK-64 , ex-AK-65 , ex-AK-66 , ex-AK-67 , ex-AK-68, later LKA-19 , ex-AK-69, later AE-30 , later AGS-15 , later AGS-16 , later ARC-3 , later ARC-4 , later LKA-54 , later LKA-56 , later LKA-57 , later AE-31 , later LKA-61 , later LKA-93 , later LKA-94 , later LKA-97 , later LKA-103 , later LKA-104 , later LKA-105 , later LKA-106 , later LKA-107 , later LKA-108 , canceled 27 August 1945 , canceled 27 August 1945 , canceled 27 August 1945 The Tulare and the Charleston class would be the only AKA/LKAs capable of 20 knots. , later LKA-112 , later LKA-113 , later LKA-114 , later LKA-115 , later LKA-116 , later LKA-117