Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

AP-61 USS Monticello

• Hermitage class Transport:
• Displacement: 24,460 tons
• Length: 653'
• Beam: 76'
• Draft: 27'
• Speed: 18 knots
• Armament: 1 5"/38 DP, 6 3"/50 DP, 16 20mm
• Complement: 494
  7,000 troops
• Geared turbine engines, twin screws
• Built as Conte Grande by Stabilimento Tecnico, Triestine, Trieste, Italy in 1928;
  interned as an enemy vessel by Brazil early in the War;
  purchased by the US Navy 16 April 1942, and commissioned that same day.

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Monticello

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(SS Conte Grande)

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