Ship's History

 

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I would like to personally thank Ms. Karen France of the Naval Historical Center and our very own shipmate,

BM3 John Huard for coordinating the search for the USS Monticello's ship's bell.

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The following are official documents relating to the

USS Monticello LSD 35.

 

Commissioning Pamphlet                                           Monticellogram 16Jun71

Welcome Aboard                                                      Monticellogram 6Oct71

Change of Command 1960                                        Monticellogram 31Mar72

Transport of the Trieste II                                         Monticellogram 1Oct73  

Monticello Hotline 7Dec65                                        Monticellogram 25Jul74

Order to Appear before the Royal Court                     History of USS Monticello  

Deck Log Book                                                        Change of Command 1973 

James Monnett Diary 1960                                        Decommissioning Pamphlet

Ship's Plans  NEW! 

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1964 1973 1980
1966 1974 1981
1967 1975 1982
1968 1976 1983
1969 1977 1984
1971 1978 1985
1972 1979  

 

 

 

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1958 Hardtack I Videos

 

Operation HARDTACK I consisted of 35 nuclear tests conducted at the Pacific Proving Ground between April 28 and August 18, 1958. These tests included balloon, surface, barge, underwater, and rocket-borne high-altitude tests. The first test, Yucca, was a nuclear device attached to a helium balloon launched from the USS Boxer near Enewetak Atoll.

HARDTACK I consisted of three portions; the first was the development of nuclear weapons. This was a continuation of the type of testing conducted at Enewetak and Bikini during the early and mid-1950s. In these tests, the weapons development laboratories, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and the University of California Radiation Laboratory (later named Lawrence-Livermore National Laboratory), detonated their experimental devices, while the Department of Defense (DoD) provided support and conducted experiments that did not interfere with Atomic Energy Commission activities.

 

The second portion, sponsored by the DoD, consisted of the underwater tests Wahoo and Umbrella. Wahoo was detonated in the deep, open ocean southwest of Boken Island, and Umbrella inside the western end of the lagoon at Enewetak. The purpose of these tests was to improve the understanding of the effects of underwater explosions on Navy ships and material. These were continuations of earlier underwater testing that included Baker in CROSSROADS at Bikini in 1946 and WIGWAM off the U.S. West Coast in 1955.

 

The DoD also sponsored the third portion, addressing the military problems of air-borne nuclear weapon defense. Three high-altitude tests featured rocket-borne Teak and Orange at Johnston Island and balloon-hoisted Yucca between Enewetak and Bikini.

 

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1962 Operation Dominic

Operation Dominic

National Archive Film

Film featuring the MoBoat and many other ships.

Operation Beacon Hill

Clips from the Rodriguez Collection

Swim Call 1968     Helo Ops     Boat Ops

The films above is from the Ruben Rodriguez Collection. There were 22 - 8mm films in this video collection.

 

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