USS Mount Vernon (LSD-39)

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.

A Landing Craft Air Cushion ( LCAC ) carries U.S. Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked aboard USS Mount Vernon .