Monticello (LSD 35) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1977

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COMMANDING OFFICER COMMANDER JEFFERSON R. DENNIS JR., USN, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1957. His sea duty assignments included tours aboard the USS NORFOLK (DL-1), USS GALLANT (MSO-489), USS KING (DLG-10), USS TOWER (DDG-9), Staff Commander Destroyer Squadron Six and the USS DENVER (LPD-9). Shore duty assignments include U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, NAVORDSYSCOMN, CINCPAC Staff and Naval Advisory Unit Danang, RVN. Commander Dennis was born in San Diego, California and considers San Diego his home. He and Mrs. Dennis, the former Judith Ah! from Carmel Valley, California reside with their two children, Allison and Michael, in Coronado, California. Commander Dennis has been awarded the Legion of Merit, the Navy Commendation Medal and the Joint Service Commendation Medal.

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The USS MONTICELLO (LSD-35) bears the name of the famous home of Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States. She is the third U.S. warship to bear that name. The keel of the MONTICELLO was laid at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, Mississippi on June 6, 1955. She was launched on August 10, 1956 and commissioned on March 29, 1957. MONTICELLO has an overall length of 510 feet, displacement of 12,100 tons, and has a total ship ' s company of 350 officers and men. LSD ' s are considered the most versatile of all amphibious ships due to their 395 foot well deck, helicopter capabilities, troop carrying capability and heavy lift cranes. MONTICELLO has participated in numerous major amphibious operations, serving as Primary Control Ship in most of them, and has made several deployments to the Western Pacific, the most recent of which was the 1976-77 WESTPAC recently concluded. During the deployment the MONTICELLO acted as PCS for several major amphibious operations and visited a number of major overseas ports. MONTICELLO began and completed WESTPAC 1976-77 under the command of CDR Jefferson R. Dennis Jr. The MONTICELLO deployed as a unit of Amphibious Squadron One.

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