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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

Patch at left contributed by Mike Smolinski, patch at right contributed by Frank M. Egger

LSD-39 Mount Vernon

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Xray - Oscar - Zulu

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Joint Meritorious Unit Award - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (2)
Second Row - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Op. Frequent Wind, 2-Libya, 1-Iraq Desert Thunder Op.) - Southwest Asia Service Medal
Third Row - Humanitarian Service Medal (1-Entewatak Cleanup, 1-Frequent Wind) - Coast Guard Special Operations Service Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

Anchorage Class Dock Landing Ship:

Laid, down 29 January 1970, at General Dynamics Corp., Quincy, MA.

Launched, 17 April 1971

Commissioned USS Mount Vernon (LSD-39), 13 May 1972, at Boston, MA.

Decommissioned, 25 July 2003

Laid up at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Pearl Harbor, HI.

Struck from the Naval Register, 8 March 2004

Final Disposition, sunk as a target, 16 June 2005, during operation "Patrolling Thunder" off the Northwest coast of Kauai, HI by P-3 aircraft of squadrons VP-1, VP-9, VP-46, (note; same page as VP-47) and VP-47, with 3 Harpoon missiles, 4 Maverick missiles, and 18 500-lb bombs

Specifications:
Displacement 8,325 t.(lt), 14,095 t.(fl)
Length 553'
Beam 84'
Draft 19'
Speed 20+kts.
Complement 24 Officers, 300 Enlisted
Troop Capacity 320
Boats (Well Deck Capacity) 3 LCACs or 2 LCUs
Armament four twin 3"/50 gun mounts (removed 1980), two Phalanx CIWS gun mounts, two 25mm Bushmaster chain guns
Propulsion two 600psi boilers, two De Laval Steam Turbines; two shafts, 24,000 SHP

Size	Image Description	Contributed By/ Source
92k	Mount Vernon (LSD-39) commissioning ceremony, Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston, MA., 13 May 1972 .	Dave Dipboye IC2 USS Mount Vernon Plankowner
86k	Mount Vernon (LSD-39) commissioning ceremony, Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston, MA., 13 May 1972 .	Dave Dipboye IC2 USS Mount Vernon Plankowner
111k	Mount Vernon (LSD-39) starboard bow view, in drydock, Swan Island Ship Repair Facility, Portland, OR., August, 1976.	Brian O'Connor, MM1 (SW/DV) USN Ret.
114k	Mount Vernon (LSD-39) underway, entering San Diego Bay, date unknown.	M. J. "Doc" Sanchez HM2 (FMF) USN Ret.
90k	Mount Vernon (LSD-39) gets much needed supplies during a VERTREP replenishment in the Gulf of Thailand, January 1974. A White Plains (AFS-4) UH-46 Sea Knight helicopter delivers supplies onto the *Mount Vernon.*'s helicopter platform.	M. J. "Doc" Sanchez HM2 (FMF) USN Ret.
102k	Mount Vernon (LSD-39) gets much needed supplies during a VERTREP replenishment in the Gulf of Thailand, January 1974. A White Plains (AFS-4) UH-46 Sea Knight helicopter delivers supplies onto the *Mount Vernon.*'s helicopter platform.	M. J. "Doc" Sanchez HM2 (FMF) USN Ret.
89k	Mount Vernon (LSD-39) underway, off San Diego, circa 1976-78.	Brian O'Connor, MM1 (SW/DV) USN Ret.
90k	Mount Vernon (LSD-39) underway, off San Diego, date unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
40k	Illusive (MSO-448) in foreground with Mount Vernon (LSD-39) in background, Persian Gulf, circa 1987-88. US Navy photo	.
47k	Illusive (MSO-448) in foreground with Mount Vernon (LSD-39) in background. *Mount Vernon* was serving as a support vessel for the minesweepers in the Persian Gulf, 1987-88. US Navy photo	Darrell G. Miller USS Mount Vernon
200k	Mount Vernon (LSD-39) and Sides (FFG-14) steam together during Exercise CARAT 2000 off the coast of Japan, 12 June 2000. US Navy photo #000612-N-5961C-001 by PH1 Spike Call.	Bill Gonyo