USS Monticello (LSD-35)
USS Monticello (LSD-35) at Sydney, in 1971 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| 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 & type | Thomaston-class dock landing ship |
| Displacement |
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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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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 Congressman Harry R. Sheppard of California; and commissioned on 29 March 1957.