USS Mount Vernon (LSD-39)
USS Mount Vernon in 1991 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Mount Vernon |
| Namesake | George Washington's home, Mount Vernon |
| Awarded | 25 February 1966 |
| Builder | General Dynamics |
| Laid down | 29 January 1970 |
| Launched | 17 April 1971 |
| Acquired | 1 April 1972 |
| Commissioned | 13 May 1972 |
| Decommissioned | 25 July 2003 |
| Stricken | 8 March 2004 |
| Motto | "Exitus acta probat," or "Action Produces Results." |
| Fate | Sunk as target, 16 June 2005 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Anchorage-class dock landing ship |
| Tonnage | 5,440 long tons (5,530 t) deadweight |
| Displacement |
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| Length |
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| Beam | 84 ft (26 m) |
| Draft | 20 ft (6.1 m) (max navigational draft) |
| Propulsion | Steam turbines, two propellers. |
| Complement | 52 officers, 742 enlisted. |
| Notes | Steel hull, steel superstructure. |
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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. 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.