USS Mount Vernon (LSD-39) was an Anchorage-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy.
USS Mount Vernon also appeared in the Season 7 episode 19 of The Love Boat when they visited Hong Kong.
[5] Meanwhile, Mount Vernon relieved Fort McHenry and then left the cleanup operations on 18 July without a replacement, reducing the naval presence to one ship.
[5] Duluth sailed without replacement on 16 September, ending the naval ship presence in the oil spill cleanup operations.
[5] The ships functioned as floating hotels, providing medical, laundry, housing, dining, and sleeping facilities for shoreline cleanup workers.
[5] They also provided communications support and functioned as command and control platforms and helipads for the forward deployment of helicopters.
[9] These ships also featured the facilities necessary to provide services to small boats, including dry docking and repairs.