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
USS 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 USS 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