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Mom returned home from France in Dec. 45 aboard the U.S.S. Monticello. Monticello Class Transport: Built in 1928 as Conte Grande at Stabilimento Tecnico, Triestine, Trieste, Italy; Interned in Brazil at the opening of World War II; Purchased, 16 April 1942, by the United States; Commissioned USS Monticello (AP-61), 16 April 1942; Converted to a Naval Transport at Philadelphia; Operated by a Coast Guard crew after 6 August 1945; Decommissioned, 22 March 1946, at Norfolk, VA.; Returned to the Maritime Commission, 27 May 1946, disposal; Final Disposition, returned to the Italian government , June 1947, fate unknown. | Original Image |
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