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 and type	Thomaston-class dock landing ship
Displacement	8,899 long tons (9,042 t) light 11,525 long tons (11,710 t) full load
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	4 × twin 3"/50 caliber guns 6 × twin 20 mm AA guns
Aircraft carried	Up to 8 helicopters
Aviation facilities	Helicopter landing area

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.