MONTICELLO LSD 35

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Thomaston Class Dock Landing Ship Keel Laid June 6 1955 - Launched August 10 1956 USS MONTICELLO LSD-35 Commissioned March 29 1957 - Decommissioned October 1 1985 Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet Struck from Naval Register February 24 1992 Sold September 29 1995 to Pegasus Inc. Repossessed by U.S. Navy July 1 1997 Transferred to MARAD December 18 1998 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Group Sunk as target July 14 2010, 70 miles off Kauai, HI

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

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1. Covers Page 1     (1957-80)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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Post Office Established March 29 1957 - Disestablished July 31 1985

 

Locy Type FDPS 2t(n+u) Apr 1, 1957

1957-04-01

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1976-10-16

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Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-107

1957-05-31

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Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-107a

1968-06-18

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Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)

1980-05-26

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Locy Type 9fu (NY)

1968-06-18

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Other Information

MONTICELLO earned eleven campaign stars for Vietnam War service
* Vietnam Defense
October 22-23 1965
November 14-18 1965
November 28 to December 24 1965
* Vietnam Counteroffensive
December 25 1965
January 27 to March 1 1966
March 11-12 1966
* Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase II
February 25 to March 1 1967
March 17 to April 7 1967
April 19 to May 28 1967
* Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase III
June 9 to August 4 1967
August 19 to September 8 1967
* Tet Counteroffensive
March 15-17 1968
* Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase V
August 22 to August 25 1968
August 31 to October 5 1968
November 1 1968
* Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase VI
November 2 to December 8 1968
December 29 to February 18 1969
* Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970
February 25 to March 4 1970
April 26-30 1970
* Sanctuary Counteroffensive
May 1-5 1970
* Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase VII
July 21-29 1970
August 5-6 1970
August 17-19 1970
August 24 1970
September 4-7 1970
March 28-31 1971
November 17-21 1971
* Vietnam Ceasefire
October 28 to November 12 1972
December 8-20 1972
January 8-28 1973

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (3) - Navy Unit Commendation (2) - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (5-Vietnam) - Vietnam Service Medal (11) - Humanitarian Service Medal (1-Eniwetok Clean Up, 1-Boat People) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (11) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

NAMESAKE - Home of President Thomas Jefferson near Charlottesville, Va., noted as a landmark in American domestic architecture, and designed by Jefferson himself

 

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