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USS Monticello (LSD-35) was a Thomaston-class dock landing ship, the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home in Virginia. Monticello was laid down on 6 June 1955 by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, Mississippi ; launched on 10 August 1956; sponsored by Mrs. Harry R. Sheppard , wife of ...
USS Cabildo; USS Caroline County; USS Carronade; USS Carter Hall (LSD-3) USS Casa Grande; USS Catamount; USS Charleston (LKA-113) USS Chesterfield County; USS Clarke County; USS Cleveland (LPD-7) USS Coconino County; USS Colonial; USS Comstock (LSD-19) USS Cook (APD-130)
Three US amphibious warfare ships in 2011 - the Landing Helicopter Dock USS Makin Island (LHD 8) leading the Landing Platform Dock USS New Orleans (LPD 18), rear, and the Landing Ship Dock USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), fore. This is a list of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships.
USS Monticello may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Monticello (1859), was a wooden screw steamer launched in 1859, purchased in 1861, sold in 1865; foundered while in merchant service in 1872; USS Monticello (AP-61), was built in 1928 as SS Conte Grande purchased by the US Navy and commissioned, 1942; decommissioned ...
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USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 110 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...
By the time dock landing ship USS Monticello (LSD-35) and amphibious cargo ship USS Charleston (LKA-113) arrived, the base camp was fully ready, as was a harbor. Later, having established a self-sustaining shore party, Vernon County made two additional voyages to and from Diego Garcia, picking up more men and supplies at Singapore, Cocos Island ...
The name ship of the class, USS Anchorage (LSD-36) was ordered under the Fiscal year 1965 (FY65) shipbuilding program, with three more (USS Portland (LSD-37), USS Pensacola (LSD-38) and USS Mount Vernon (LSD-39)) ordered under the FY66 program and the final ship of the class, USS Fort Fisher (LSD-40), under the FY67 programme. [9]