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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 Monticello (LSD-35), Operation Dominic participant [14] Anchorage class The Anchorage class, designed under project SCB 404, was basically the Thomaston class with the well deck enlarged (49 feet longer and 2 feet wider) to accommodate the new larger LCU-1610 class.
The Thomaston class was the third class of U.S. Navy dock landing ships. The class was designed under project SCB 75 and approved in the early 1950s. Compared to the Ashland and Casa Grande-class dock landing ships of World War II, the ships of this class were about a third larger and five knots faster. [3]
USS Madera County; USS Magoffin; USS Mahnomen County; USS Manitowoc (LST-1180) USS Marion County; USS Mathews; USS Meeker County; USS Merrick; USS Mobile (LKA-115) USS Monmouth County; USS Monticello (LSD-35) USS Mount McKinley; USS Mount Vernon (LSD-39)
USS Monticello (AP-61), was built in 1928 as SS Conte Grande purchased by the US Navy and commissioned, 1942; decommissioned, 1946; returned to Italy in 1947 USS Monticello (LSD-35) , was a Thomaston -class dock landing ship commissioned in 1957 and decommissioned in 1985
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USS Salmon (SSR-573) SS San Flaviano; MV Serenade; HMS Shrivenham (M2728) Soviet frigate SKR-69; HSwMS Södermanland (J21) SS Statendam (1956) MF Storegut; HMS Stubbington (M1204) USS Sturdy (MSO-494) USS Suffolk County; RMS Sylvania
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 ...