USS La Salle (AGF-3)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS La Salle.
The second USS La Salle (LPD-3/AGF-3) was built as a Raleigh-class amphibious transport dock and entered service with the United States Navy in 1964. La Salle was named for the city in Illinois that was in turn named after René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. La Salle saw service in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and throughout international waters in the Middle East. The vessel served as a command ship for Joint Task Force Middle East. In 2005 the ship was decommissioned and sunk as a target ship off the Atlantic coast of the United States in 2007.
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USS La Salle (AGF-3) underway in the Persian Gulf in 1990 | |
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United States | |
Name | La Salle |
Namesake | La Salle, Illinois |
Ordered | 8 August 1960 |
Builder | New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York |
Laid down | 2 April 1962 |
Launched | 3 August 1963 |
Acquired | 21 February 1964 |
Commissioned | 22 February 1964 |
Decommissioned | 27 May 2005 |
Reclassified | 1972 as miscellaneous command ship (AGF-3) |
Stricken | 27 May 2005 |
Fate | Sunk as target in support of Fleet training exercise, 11 April 2007 |
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Class and type | Raleigh-class amphibious transport dock |
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Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
Complement | 72 officers, 593 men, 24 Marines As AGF 750 Marines as LPD |
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Aircraft carried | Up to 6 rotary aircraft |
Aviation facilities | Hangar, extensible. |
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