USS La Salle (AGF-3) underway in the Persian Gulf in 1990
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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. |
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 and Europe. The vessel served as a command ship for Joint Task Force Middle East and as flagship for the Sixth Fleet. In 2005 the ship was decommissioned and sunk as a target ship off the Atlantic coast of the United States in 2007.