USS Monticello (LSD-35)
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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.
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USS Monticello (LSD-35) at Sydney, in 1971 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Monticello |
Namesake | Monticello |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Laid down | 6 June 1955 |
Launched | 10 August 1956 |
Commissioned | 29 March 1957 |
Decommissioned | 1 October 1985 |
Stricken | 24 February 1992 |
Fate | Sunk as target 14 July 2010 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Thomaston-class dock landing ship |
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Length | 510 ft (160 m) |
Beam | 84 ft (26 m) |
Draft | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × steam turbines, 2 shafts, 23,000 shp (17 MW) |
Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 21 × LCM-6 landing craft in well deck |
Troops | 300 |
Complement | 304 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | Up to 8 helicopters |
Aviation facilities | Helicopter landing area |
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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 Congressman Harry R. Sheppard of California; and commissioned on 29 March 1957.