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LPD 3 / AGF 3 -
USS La Salle
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USS La Salle (AGF 3)
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Type,
Class:
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Amphibious Transport Dock;
Raleigh - class; converted at Philadelphia
Naval Shipyard to Miscellaneous Command Ship AGF 3; |
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Builder:
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STATUS:
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Awarded: Laid down:
April 2, 1962 Launched:
August 3, 1963 Commissioned: February 22, 1964 Converted & reclassified: Command Ship (AGF 3 USS La Salle) – July 1, 1972. Decommissioned: May 27, 2005 at Naval Station
Norfolk, Virginia. Fate: Struck
from the Naval Register, 27 May 2005. Final Disposition: sunk as a target during a Missile
Exercise by USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81), 12 April 2007, off Pensacola,
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Homeport:
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Namesake:
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Ship's
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FACILITAS AD MAREM ‘versatility at
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(Measures, Propulsion, Armament,
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Photo credits: US Navy, US Naval
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