(For other ships with the same name, see USS Monongahela.) USS Monongahela (AO-178) was laid down on 15 August 1978, at Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, LA and launched, 4 August 1979. Ship of this class were built with a mast that folded at the SPS-55 pedestal platform to allow the passage under the Huey P. Long bridge. She was commissioned on 5 September 1981. Monongahela was the second ship of the Cimarron class oilers and the third ship in the Navy to bear the name. During her service life the ship has traveled to many parts of the world, including: The Mediterranean Sea, the Indian Ocean, the North Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans and the Caribbean Sea. In December 1991, she completed an eleven-month "Jumboization" in the Avondale Shipyard, New Orleans, Louisiana, and returned to the F