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LPD-3 / AGF-3 LaSalle

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - Navy Unit Commendation (2) - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (4)
Second Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (2) - Navy Expeditionary Medal (3) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3) - Armed Forces Service Medal (4) - Humanitarian Service Medal (2)
Raleigh Class Amphibious Transport Dock:
  • Laid down, 2 April 1962, at New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Launched, 3 August 1963
  • Commissioned USS LaSalle (LPD-3), 22 February 1964
  • Reclassified Miscellaneous Command Ship (AGF-3), 1 July 1972
  • Converted at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA
  • Assigned as Commander, Sixth Fleet flagship, 8 November 1994
  • LaSalle (AGF-3), decommissioned, 27 May 2005, at US Naval Station Norfolk, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 27 May 2005
  • Final Disposition, sunk as a target during a Missile Exercise by Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81), 12 April 2007, off Pensacola, FL.
    Specifications:
    Displacement
    LPD - 8,650 t.(lt), 14,113 t.(fl)
    AGF - 9,559 t.(lt), 13,634 t.(fl)
    Length 522'
    Beam 100'
    Draft 23'
    Speed 20 kts.
    Complement
    LPD - 436
    AGF - 445
    Flag Staff
    AGF- 45 Officers, 90 Enlisted
    Troop Accommodations
    LPD - 1,000
    AGF - none
    Armament
    LPD - 4 twin 3"/50 gun mounts
    AGF - 2 twin 3"/50 gun mounts, 2 Phalanx 20mm Close-In Weapons Systems
    Propulsion
    2 Babcock & Wilcox 600 psi boilers
    2 De Lavel steam turbines
    2 Shafts, 24,000 Shaft Horsepower
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    USS LaSalle (LPD-3)
    LaSalle 52k LaSalle (LPD-3) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Joe Fyke
    USS LaSalle (AGF-3)
    LaSalle 73k LaSalle (AGF-3) underway in Hampton Roads, off Norfolk, VA., circa 1976-86
    US Navy photo    		 Cary Markham
    LaSalle 91k LaSalle (AGF-3) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
    LaSalle 38k LaSalle (AGF-3) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    LaSalle 61k LaSalle (AGF-3) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    LaSalle 93k LaSalle (AGF-3) moored pierside at Manama, Bahrain, 1987. Photo by Chris Walker MMFN USS LaSalle.
    LaSalle 99k Six Fleet command ship LaSalle (AGF-3) steams alongside Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) during flight operations, 17 January 2003.
    US Navy photo 030119-N-9964S-009 by PH3 Christopher B. Stoltz, photo from Navy Newsstand.    		 Bernard A. Cardali
    LaSalle 93k LaSalle (AGF-3) drydocked at Cospicua, Malta, 15 July 2003, for a maintenance availability period.
    US Navy photo 030715-N-0111R-001 by PH2 Todd Reeves, photo from Navy Newsstand    		 Bill Gonyo
    LaSalle 73k LaSalle (AGF-3) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Department of Defense photo    		 Bill Gonyo
    LaSalle 63k LaSalle (AGF-3) moored at Gaeta, Italy in December 2004. Bill Gonyo
    LaSalle 193k LaSalle (AGF-3) Decommissioning Ceremonies, 27 May 2005, Naval Station Norfolk, VA. Distinguished guests, visitors and former crew members of LaSalle pay their respects for the last time as the former flagship for Commander Sixth Fleet.
    US Navy photo 050527-N-3527B-007 by PH3 Timothy Bensken, photo from Navy Newsstand    		 Bill Gonyo
    LaSalle 123k LaSalle (AGF-3) Decommissioning Ceremonies, 27 May 2005, Naval Station Norfolk, VA. Distinguished guests, visitors and former crew members of LaSalle gather on the pier as the former flagship for Commander Sixth Fleet is decommissioned.
    US Navy photo 050527-N-3527B-029 by PH3 Timothy Bensken, photo from Navy Newsstand    		 Bill Gonyo
    LaSalle 98k LaSalle (AGF-3)'s last Commanding Officer, Capt. Herman A. Shelanski, speaks to the crowd of distinguished guests, visitors, and former crew members at the decommissioning ceremony for La Salle on board Naval Station Norfolk, VA.
    US Navy photo 050527-N-3527B-021 by PH3 Timothy Bensken, photo from Navy Newsstand    		 Bill Gonyo
    LaSalle 50k Sinking of Ex-LaSalle (AGF-3) as a target during a Missile Exercise by Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81), 12 April 2007, off Pensacola, FL. John Cronk
    LaSalle 55k Sinking of Ex-LaSalle (AGF-3) as a target during a Missile Exercise by Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81), 12 April 2007, off Pensacola, FL. John Cronk
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