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|Ship motto="Exitus acta probat," or "Action Produces Results."<ref name="omg">[http://www.mountvernon.org]</ref>
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'''USS ''Mount Vernon'' (LSD-39)''' was an {{sclass|Anchorage|dock landing ship}} of the [[United States Navy]]. She was the fifth ship of the U.S. Navy to bear the name.<ref name="gs">Pike, 2005.</ref> She was built in [[Massachusetts]] in 1972 and homeported in Southern [[California]] for 31 years until being [[Ship decommissioning|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|LSD-39}}'''
USS Mount Vernon also appeared in the Season 7 episode 19 of The Love Boat when they visited Hong Kong.
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USS ''Mount Vernon'' (LSD-39) was an [[Anchorage class dock landing ship|''Anchorage''-class]] [[dock landing ship]] of the [[United States Navy]]. She was the fifth ship of the U.S. Navy to bear the name.<ref name="gs">Pike, 2005.</ref> 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.


==History==
==History==
''Mount Vernon'' was awarded to [[General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division]] in [[Quincy, Massachusetts]] on 25 February 1966.<ref name="nslc"/> After commissioning in [[Boston Naval Shipyard]] in 1972, she was homeported in [[San Diego, California]].<ref name="gs"/>
''Mount Vernon'' was awarded to [[General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division]] in [[Quincy, Massachusetts]], on 25 February 1966.<ref name="nslc"/> After commissioning in [[Boston Naval Shipyard]] in 1972, she was homeported in [[San Diego, California]].<ref name="gs"/>


In April 1975, ''Mount Vernon'' participated in [[Operation Frequent Wind]], the evacuation of Saigon, Vietnam.<ref>[http://www.history.navy.mil/seairland/chap5.htm By Sea, Air and Land: An Illustrated History of the U.S. Navy and the war in Southeast Asia Chapter 5: The Final Curtain, 1973-1975]</ref>
In April 1975, ''Mount Vernon'' participated in [[Operation Frequent Wind]], the evacuation of [[Saigon]], Vietnam.<ref>[http://www.history.navy.mil/seairland/chap5.htm By Sea, Air and Land: An Illustrated History of the U.S. Navy and the war in Southeast Asia Chapter 5: The Final Curtain, 1973–1975]</ref>


''Mount Vernon'' sailed on 12 November 1981 from San Diego for a Westpac/Indian Ocean deployment as part of Amphibious Ready Group Alpha/Amphibious Squadron One (USS ''Tripoli'' (LPH-11), with MAU 31st/HMM-265 'Flying Tigers' (REIN) embarked, USS ''Duluth'' (LPD-6), USS ''Fresno'' (LST-1182)) during which USS ''Mount Vernon'' and Amphibious Squadron One visited Perth/Fremantle, Western Australia for R&R from 28 January to 3 February 1982. USS ''Mount Vernon'' returned home to San Diego, CA, on 15 May 1982
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Beginning 22 July 1985, ''Mount Vernon'' was briefly homeported in [[Long Beach, California]] before returning to San Diego.<ref name="gs"/>

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Beginning 1984 through 22 July 1992, ''Mount Vernon'' was homeported in [[Long Beach, California]], before returning to San Diego.<ref name="gs"/>


In her 31 years of service, ''Mount Vernon'' completed 15 deployments in the [[U.S. Seventh Fleet]] in the Far East.<ref name="gs"/>
In her 31 years of service, ''Mount Vernon'' completed 15 deployments in the [[U.S. Seventh Fleet]] in the Far East.<ref name="gs"/>


Because of the remote location of the cleanup sites of the ''Exxon Valdez'' oil spill,<ref name="gs"/> there was a desperate need for floating facilities to house shoreline cleanup workers.<ref name="mcd">McDonnell (1992), p. 28.</ref> In response, the Navy provided amphibious transport docks and dock landing ships (LSDs).<ref name="mcd"/> The {{USS|Juneau|LPD-10}} arrived in [[Alaska]] on 24 April 1989 followed by the {{USS|Fort McHenry|LSD-43}} on 4 May 1989.<ref name="mcd"/>
Because of the remote location of the cleanup sites of the ''Exxon Valdez'' oil spill,<ref name="gs"/> there was a desperate need for floating facilities to house shoreline cleanup workers.<ref name="mcd">McDonnell (1992), p. 28.</ref> In response, the Navy provided amphibious transport docks and dock landing ships (LSDs).<ref name="mcd"/> {{USS|Juneau|LPD-10|2}} arrived in [[Alaska]] on 24 April 1989 followed by {{USS|Fort McHenry|LSD-43|2}} on 4 May 1989.<ref name="mcd"/>


Over the summer months the Navy replaced the ''Juneau'' first with the {{USS|Cleveland|LPD-7}} and the {{USS|Ogden|LPD-5}}, and then with the {{USS|Duluth|LPD-6}}.<ref name="mcd"/> Meanwhile, the ''Mount Vernon'' relieved the ''Fort McHenry'' and then left the cleanup operations on 18 July without a replacement, reducing the naval presence to one ship.<ref name="mcd"/> The ''Duluth'' sailed without replacement on 16 September, ending the naval ship presence in the oil spill cleanup operations.<ref name="mcd"/>
Over the summer months the Navy replaced ''Juneau'' first with {{USS|Cleveland|LPD-7|2}} and {{USS|Ogden|LPD-5|2}}, and then with {{USS|Duluth|LPD-6|2}}.<ref name="mcd"/> Meanwhile, ''Mount Vernon'' relieved ''Fort McHenry'' and then left the cleanup operations on 18 July without a replacement, reducing the naval presence to one ship.<ref name="mcd"/> ''Duluth'' sailed without replacement on 16 September, ending the naval ship presence in the oil spill cleanup operations.<ref name="mcd"/>


The ships functioned as floating hotels, providing medical, laundry, housing, dining, and sleeping facilities for shoreline cleanup workers.<ref name="mcd"/> They also provided communications support and functioned as command and control platforms and helipads for the forward deployment of helicopters.<ref name="mcd"/> They supported base operations of the landing craft, providing maintenance, fuel, and docking. Deployed with the ships were [[Marine Corps]] [[CH-46]] helicopters and Army medical evacuation helicopters, which performed a variety of essential missions.<ref name="mcd"/> Naval ship operations centered in [[Prince William Sound]] and were especially important in open sea areas because commercial berthing vessels could not operate in the rough water.<ref name="mcd"/>
The ships functioned as floating hotels, providing medical, laundry, housing, dining, and sleeping facilities for shoreline cleanup workers.<ref name="mcd"/> They also provided communications support and functioned as command and control platforms and helipads for the forward deployment of helicopters.<ref name="mcd"/> They supported base operations of the landing craft, providing maintenance, fuel, and docking. Deployed with the ships were [[United States Marine Corps]] [[CH-46]] helicopters and Army medical evacuation helicopters, which performed a variety of essential missions.<ref name="mcd"/> Naval ship operations centered in [[Prince William Sound]] and were especially important in open sea areas because commercial berthing vessels could not operate in the rough water.<ref name="mcd"/>


On 10 June 1998, Commander Maureen A. Farren became the first American woman to command a U.S. Navy surface warship when she assumed command of USS ''Mount Vernon''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=65251 |title=Navy Celebrates Women's History Month |first=Amber Lynn |last=Daniel |date=9 February 2012 |website=U.S. Navy |access-date=10 June 2020}}</ref>
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[[Image:Uss-mount-vernon-lcac.jpg|thumb|right|A Landing Craft Air Cushion ([[Landing Craft Air Cushion|LCAC]]) carries U.S. Marines assigned to the [[11th Marine Expeditionary Unit]] embarked aboard USS ''Mount Vernon''.]]During her career, the ''Mount Vernon'' accumulated many awards, including:

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[[File:Uss-mount-vernon-lcac.jpg|thumb|right|A Landing Craft Air Cushion ([[Landing Craft Air Cushion|LCAC]]) carries U.S. Marines assigned to the [[11th Marine Expeditionary Unit]] embarked aboard USS ''Mount Vernon''.]]During her career, ''Mount Vernon'' accumulated many awards, including:


*[[Joint Meritorious Unit Award]],<ref name="ns">Priolo, 2005.</ref>
*[[Joint Meritorious Unit Award]],<ref name="ns">Priolo, 2005.</ref>
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*[[Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)|Kuwait Liberation Medal]].<ref name="ns"/>
*[[Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)|Kuwait Liberation Medal]].<ref name="ns"/>


The ''Mount Vernon'' was decommissioned on 25 July 2003.<ref name="nslc"/> Afterwards, she stayed at the [[Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility]], in [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Hawaii]].<ref name="ns"/> On 16 June 2005, she was sunk in a fleet training exercise for [[P-3 Orion]] squadrons [[VP-1]], [[VP-9]], [[VP-46]], and [[VP-47]].<ref name="ns"/> The sinking was part of operation "Patrolling Thunder" and took place off the northwest coast of [[Kauai, Hawaii]].<ref name="ns"/> Expended in the sinking were 3 [[Harpoon missile]]s, 4 [[Maverick missile]]s, and 18 bombs of 500 pounds apiece.<ref name="ns"/>
''Mount Vernon'' was decommissioned on 25 July 2003.<ref name="nslc"/> Afterwards, she stayed at the [[Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility]], in [[Pearl Harbor]], Hawaii.<ref name="ns"/> On 16 June 2005, she was sunk in a fleet training exercise for [[P-3 Orion]] squadrons [[VP-1]], [[VP-9]], [[VP-46]], and [[VP-47]].<ref name="ns"/> The sinking was part of operation "Patrolling Thunder" and took place off the northwest coast of [[Kauai, Hawaii]].<ref name="ns"/> Expended in the sinking were 3 [[Harpoon missile]]s, 4 [[Maverick missile]]s, and 18 bombs of 500 pounds apiece.<ref name="ns"/>


==Dock landing ships==
==Dock landing ships==
[[Dock landing ship]]s support amphibious operations including landings via [[Landing Craft Air Cushion]] (LCAC), conventional [[landing craft]] and [[helicopter]]s, onto hostile shores.<ref>[http://www.navy.mil/navydata/navy_legacy.asp?id=148 The Amphibious Ready Group]</ref> The ''Anchorage''-class combined a well-deck with a flight deck to support both small-craft and airborne operations.<ref name="lsd">Pike, 2006.</ref> These ships also featured the facilities necessary to provide services to small boats, including dry docking and repairs.<ref name="lsd"/>
[[Dock landing ship]]s support amphibious operations including landings via [[Landing Craft Air Cushion]] (LCAC), conventional [[landing craft]] and [[helicopter]]s, onto hostile shores.<ref>[http://www.navy.mil/navydata/navy_legacy.asp?id=148 The Amphibious Ready Group]</ref> The ''Anchorage''-class combined a well-deck with a flight deck to support both small-craft and airborne operations.<ref name="lsd">Pike, 2006.</ref> These ships also featured the facilities necessary to provide services to small boats, including dry docking and repairs.<ref name="lsd"/>


The ''Mount Vernon'' was the first West coast ship to be modified to support LCAC operations.<ref name="lsd"/>
''Mount Vernon'' was the first West coast ship to be modified to support LCAC operations.<ref name="lsd"/>


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|image1=[http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/12/10123909.jpg ''Mount Vernon'' commissioning ceremony in 1972.]
|image2=[http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/12/10123904.jpg View of the bow in drydock, 1976.]
|image2=[http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/12/10123904.jpg View of the bow in drydock, 1976.]
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==References==
==References==
*{{cite web |url=http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/LSD39.htm |title=MOUNT VERNON (LSD 39) DOCK LANDING SHIP |accessdate=2008-04-05 |author=Naval Sea Logistics Center Detachment Pacific (NSLC Pacific) |date=2005-11-07 |work=Naval Vessel Register |publisher=United States Navy}}
*{{cite web |url={{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=LSD39}} |title=MOUNT VERNON (LSD 39) DOCK LANDING SHIP |access-date=2008-04-05 |author=Naval Sea Logistics Center Detachment Pacific (NSLC Pacific) |date=2005-11-07 |work=Naval Vessel Register |publisher=United States Navy}}
*{{cite web |first=John |last=Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/lsd-39.htm |title=LSD 39 Mount Vernon |accessdate=2008-04-05 | date=2005-08-21 |work=GlobalSecurity.org |publisher=GlobalSecurity.org}}
*{{cite web |first=John |last=Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/lsd-39.htm |title=LSD 39 Mount Vernon |access-date=2008-04-05 | date=2005-08-21 |work=GlobalSecurity.org }}
*{{cite web |first=John |last=Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/lsd-36.htm |title=LSD-36 Anchorage class |accessdate=2008-04-05 | date=2006-07-28 |work=GlobalSecurity.org |publisher=GlobalSecurity.org}}
*{{cite web |first=John |last=Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/lsd-36.htm |title=LSD-36 Anchorage class |access-date=2008-04-05 | date=2006-07-28 |work=GlobalSecurity.org }}
*{{cite web |last=Priolo |first=Gary |url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/12/1239.htm |title=LSD-39 Mount Vernon |accessdate=2008-04-05 |date=2006-12-08 |work=Amphibious Photo Archive |publisher=NavSource Online}}
*{{cite web |last=Priolo |first=Gary |url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/12/1239.htm |title=LSD-39 Mount Vernon |access-date=2008-04-05 |date=2006-12-08 |work=Amphibious Photo Archive |publisher=NavSource Online}}
*{{cite book |last=McDonnell |first=Janet |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Response to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill |origyear= |month= |url=http://www.usace.army.mil/publications/eng-pamphlets/ep870-1-41/ |format= |accessdate= |edition= |series= |volume= |date= |year=1992 |publisher= |location= |language= |isbn= |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages= 28 |chapter=II: Department of Defense/Corps of Engineers Response|chapterurl=http://www.usace.army.mil/publications/eng-pamphlets/ep870-1-41/c-2.pdf |quote= }}
*{{cite book |last=McDonnell |first=Janet |title=The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Response to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill |url=http://www.usace.army.mil/publications/eng-pamphlets/ep870-1-41/ |year=1992 |pages= 28 |chapter=II: Department of Defense/Corps of Engineers Response|chapter-url=http://www.usace.army.mil/publications/eng-pamphlets/ep870-1-41/c-2.pdf }}


==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/lsd-36-unit.htm USS Anchorage (LSD-36)]
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/lsd-36-unit.htm USS Anchorage (LSD-36)]


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Latest revision as of 20:56, 8 December 2023

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[2]
Awarded25 February 1966[1]
BuilderGeneral Dynamics[1]
Laid down29 January 1970[1]
Launched17 April 1971[1]
Acquired1 April 1972[1]
Commissioned13 May 1972[1]
Decommissioned25 July 2003[1]
Stricken8 March 2004[1]
Motto"Exitus acta probat," or "Action Produces Results."[3]
FateSunk as target, 16 June 2005[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeAnchorage-class dock landing ship
Tonnage5,440 long tons (5,530 t) deadweight[1]
Displacement
  • 8,762 long tons (8,903 t) light[1]
  • 14,202 long tons (14,430 t) full[1]
Length
  • 553 ft (169 m) overall[1]
  • 540 ft (160 m) at the waterline[1]
Beam84 ft (26 m)[1]
Draft20 ft (6.1 m) (max navigational draft)[1]
PropulsionSteam turbines, two propellers.[1]
Complement52 officers, 742 enlisted.[1]
NotesSteel hull, steel superstructure.[1]

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.[2] 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.

History[edit]

Mount Vernon was awarded to General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division in Quincy, Massachusetts, on 25 February 1966.[1] After commissioning in Boston Naval Shipyard in 1972, she was homeported in San Diego, California.[2]

In April 1975, Mount Vernon participated in Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of Saigon, Vietnam.[4]

Mount Vernon sailed on 12 November 1981 from San Diego for a Westpac/Indian Ocean deployment as part of Amphibious Ready Group Alpha/Amphibious Squadron One (USS Tripoli (LPH-11), with MAU 31st/HMM-265 'Flying Tigers' (REIN) embarked, USS Duluth (LPD-6), USS Fresno (LST-1182)) during which USS Mount Vernon and Amphibious Squadron One visited Perth/Fremantle, Western Australia for R&R from 28 January to 3 February 1982. USS Mount Vernon returned home to San Diego, CA, on 15 May 1982

Beginning 1984 through 22 July 1992, Mount Vernon was homeported in Long Beach, California, before returning to San Diego.[2]

In her 31 years of service, Mount Vernon completed 15 deployments in the U.S. Seventh Fleet in the Far East.[2]

Because of the remote location of the cleanup sites of the Exxon Valdez oil spill,[2] there was a desperate need for floating facilities to house shoreline cleanup workers.[5] In response, the Navy provided amphibious transport docks and dock landing ships (LSDs).[5] Juneau arrived in Alaska on 24 April 1989 followed by Fort McHenry on 4 May 1989.[5]

Over the summer months the Navy replaced Juneau first with Cleveland and Ogden, and then with Duluth.[5] Meanwhile, Mount Vernon relieved Fort McHenry and then left the cleanup operations on 18 July without a replacement, reducing the naval presence to one ship.[5] Duluth sailed without replacement on 16 September, ending the naval ship presence in the oil spill cleanup operations.[5]

The ships functioned as floating hotels, providing medical, laundry, housing, dining, and sleeping facilities for shoreline cleanup workers.[5] They also provided communications support and functioned as command and control platforms and helipads for the forward deployment of helicopters.[5] They supported base operations of the landing craft, providing maintenance, fuel, and docking. Deployed with the ships were United States Marine Corps CH-46 helicopters and Army medical evacuation helicopters, which performed a variety of essential missions.[5] Naval ship operations centered in Prince William Sound and were especially important in open sea areas because commercial berthing vessels could not operate in the rough water.[5]

On 10 June 1998, Commander Maureen A. Farren became the first American woman to command a U.S. Navy surface warship when she assumed command of USS Mount Vernon.[6]

A Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) carries U.S. Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked aboard USS Mount Vernon.

During her career, Mount Vernon accumulated many awards, including:

Mount Vernon was decommissioned on 25 July 2003.[1] Afterwards, she stayed at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.[7] On 16 June 2005, she was sunk in a fleet training exercise for P-3 Orion squadrons VP-1, VP-9, VP-46, and VP-47.[7] The sinking was part of operation "Patrolling Thunder" and took place off the northwest coast of Kauai, Hawaii.[7] Expended in the sinking were 3 Harpoon missiles, 4 Maverick missiles, and 18 bombs of 500 pounds apiece.[7]

Dock landing ships[edit]

Dock landing ships support amphibious operations including landings via Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), conventional landing craft and helicopters, onto hostile shores.[8] The Anchorage-class combined a well-deck with a flight deck to support both small-craft and airborne operations.[9] These ships also featured the facilities necessary to provide services to small boats, including dry docking and repairs.[9]

Mount Vernon was the first West coast ship to be modified to support LCAC operations.[9]

Notes[edit]

External images
image icon Mount Vernon commissioning ceremony in 1972.
image icon View of the bow in drydock, 1976.
image icon Mount Vernon entering San Diego bay.
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u NSLC Pacific, 2005.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Pike, 2005.
  3. ^ "Home". mountvernon.org.
  4. ^ By Sea, Air and Land: An Illustrated History of the U.S. Navy and the war in Southeast Asia Chapter 5: The Final Curtain, 1973–1975
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j McDonnell (1992), p. 28.
  6. ^ Daniel, Amber Lynn (9 February 2012). "Navy Celebrates Women's History Month". U.S. Navy. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Priolo, 2005.
  8. ^ The Amphibious Ready Group
  9. ^ a b c Pike, 2006.

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