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Vintage U.S.S. Monticello LSD-35 Color Photo Postcard
Thomaston Class Dock Landing Ship
She was launched on 10 August 1956 and commissioned on 29 March 1957
Monticello joined the Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet on 27 May 1957
On 14 November 1960 Monticello sailed for a seven-month deployment with the 7th Fleet in the western Pacific
Monticello operated on the
Atlantic coast through much of 1965, and then headed back to the western
Pacific in August. Early in 1966, she steamed to South Vietnam for
"Operation Double Eagle" the longest and largest amphibious operation of
the Vietnam War up to that time
On 13 January 1967 Monticello
heading for the Far East. Much action awaited her in Vietnam. She served
as primary command ship for "Operation Beacon Hill I" at Quang Tri from
20 March to 2 April and "Beacon Star" there from 22 April to 12 May.
She joined in "Bell" in the latter half of May, in "Beacon Torch" and
"Bear Chain" in July, and in August participated in "Kangaroo Kick", an
amphibious feint off Huế, and "Belt Drive", again at Quang Tri. Relieved
at Da Nang in September, Monticello returned to San Diego on 13 October
In November of 1968 she once again deployed to Vietnam where she remained into 1969
Monticello was decommissioned on
1 October 1985 and transferred to the US Maritime Administration on 2
August 1991 Her name was struck from the Navy list on 24 February 1992
and she was sold on 29 September 1995 to Pegasus Inc for scrapping
She was repossessed by the Navy
on 1 July 1997 after the failure of Pegasus to dismantle the ship and
was re-transferred to the United States Maritime Administration and
docked in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benicia,
California
Ex-Monticello was
environmentally cleaned to be used for target practice from 9 March
through 27 April 2006 and then the vessel was returned to the Suisun Bay
Reserve Fleet
Ex-Monticello was withdrawn from
the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benicia, California on
27 June 2010, to be towed to Hawaii for sinking, in July 2010, as part
of the RIMPAC 2010 exercise
Unused vintage color photo postcard
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