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AP-102 Hotspur / La Salle

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, -19 Nov. 43 and 11-16 Apr. 45) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (8)
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
La Salle Class Transport:
  • Laid down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-B1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 284) at Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland, CA.
  • Launched, 29 April 1942
  • Acquired from the Maritime Commission, 18 March 1943
  • Commissioned USS Hotspur (AP-102), 31 March 1943
  • Renamed USS La Salle (AP-102), 6 April 1943
  • Decommissioned, 24 July 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 25 July 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Sold by the Maritime Commission for commercial service in 1948
  • Final Disposition, wrecked and scrapped in 1968
  • La Salle earned 8 battle stars for WW II service.

    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,556 t.(lt) 13,910 t.(fl)
    Length 459' 2"
    Beam 63'
    Draft 25' 9"
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 276
    Troop Accommodations 1,676
    Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four 3"/50 guns, twelve single 20mm gun mounts
    Propulsion Steam turbine, single shaft, 6,000hp
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