USS Monticello

USS Monticello

USS "Monticello" may refer to:

*USS|Monticello|1859, was a wooden screw steamer launched in 1859, purchased in 1861, sold in 1865; foundered while in merchant service in 1872

*USS|Monticello|AP-61, was built in 1928 as SS "Conte Grande" purchased by the US Navy and commissioned, 1942; decommissioned, 1946; returned to Italy in 1947

*USS|Monticello|LSD-35, was a sclass|Thomaston|dock landing ship commissioned in 1957 and decommissioned in 1985


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