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USS LASALLE

(AGF-3)

GREAT WHITE GHOST
OFF THE ARABIAN COAST
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USS LASALLE (AGF-3) - a Raleigh-class amphibious transport dock

In Commission 1964 to 2005

AGF-3 Deployments - Major Events

Add a AGF-3 Shellback Initiation Add a AGF-3 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
APR 1962 Keel Date: 2 APR 1962
at New York Naval Shipyard
AUG 1963 Launch Date: 3 AUG 1963
JAN 1964 - JAN 1967 Caribbean
JAN 1964 - JAN 1966 Caribbean
FEB 1964 Commissioned: 22 FEB 1964
JUL 1972 - - - Shellback Initiation - 28 JUL 1972 - Atlantic Ocean
JUN 1973 - Shellback Initiation - 18 JUN 1973 - Indian Ocean
MAR 1980 - DEC 1980 West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
MAR 1988 - APR 1989 Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
SEP 1990 - NOV 1990 Desert Shield
MAY 2005 Decommissioned: 27 MAY 2005

AGF-3 General Specifications

Class: Raleigh-class amphibious transport dock

Named for: La Salle

Complement: 72 Officers and 593 Enlisted

Displacement: 9559 tons

Length: 522 feet

Beam: 107 feet

Flank Speed: 23 knots

Final Disposition: Sunk as target in support of Fleet training exercise 11 April 2007