USS Mount Vernon (LSD-39)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Mount Vernon.

USS Mount Vernon (LSD-39) off Pearl Harbor on 1 June 1991
USS Mount Vernon in 1991
History
United States
NameUSS Mount Vernon
NamesakeGeorge Washington's home, Mount Vernon[1]
Awarded25 February 1966[2]
BuilderGeneral Dynamics[2]
Laid down29 January 1970[2]
Launched17 April 1971[2]
Acquired1 April 1972[2]
Commissioned13 May 1972[2]
Decommissioned25 July 2003[2]
Stricken8 March 2004[2]
Motto"Exitus acta probat," or "Action Produces Results."[3]
FateSunk as target, 16 June 2005[2]
General characteristics
Class and typeAnchorage-class dock landing ship
Tonnage5,440 long tons (5,530 t) deadweight[2]
Displacement
  • 8,762 long tons (8,903 t) light[2]
  • 14,202 long tons (14,430 t) full[2]
Length
  • 553 ft (169 m) overall[2]
  • 540 ft (160 m) at the waterline[2]
Beam84 ft (26 m)[2]
Draft20 ft (6.1 m) (max navigational draft)[2]
PropulsionSteam turbines, two propellers.[2]
Complement52 officers, 742 enlisted.[2]
NotesSteel hull, steel superstructure.[2]

USS Mount Vernon (LSD-39) was an Anchorage-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was the fifth ship of the U.S. Navy to bear the name.[1] She was built in Massachusetts in 1972 and homeported in Southern California for 31 years until being decommissioned on 25 July 2003. Mount Vernon acted as the control ship for the cleanup of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. In 2005, she was intentionally destroyed off the coast of Hawaii as part of a training exercise. USS Mount Vernon also appeared in the Season 7 episode 19 of The Love Boat when they visited Hong Kong.

  1. ^ a b Pike, 2005.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s NSLC Pacific, 2005.
  3. ^ "Home". mountvernon.org.