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USS La Salle (AGF 3).
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Class: LA SALLE (AGF 3)
Design: SCB Project No. 187 (Navy LPD 1 class)
Displacement (tons): 9,559 light, 13,634 full
Dimensions (feet): 522' oa, 500'wl x 107' e, 84'wl x 22' max nav
Armament: 4-3"/50T; (1982) 2-3"/50T, 2-CIWS; (1990) 2-3"/50T, 2-25mmS, 2-CIWS; (1993) 2-25mmS, 2-CIWS
Accommodations: 72 officers and 593 enlisted
Speed (kts.): 21.6 (20 sustained)
Propulsion (HP): 24,000
Machinery: Steam turbines, 2 boilers (600psi), 2 screws
Construction:
AGF | Name | Reclas | Builder | Keel | Launch | Comm |
3 | LA SALLE | 1 Jul 1972 | NSY New York | 2 Apr 1962 | 3 Aug 1963 | COMM |
Disposition:
AGF | Name | T | Decomm | Strike | Disposal | Fate | MA Sale |
3 | LA SALLE | | 27 May 2005 | 27 May 2005 | 11 Apr 2007 | Target | -- |
Class Notes:
Originally an Amphibious Transport Dock (LPD). On 11 January 1972 effective 1 July 1972 CNO changed the designation of the ship from LPD 3 to AGF 3. A similar but larger ship, CORONADO (LPD 11), became AGF 11 on 1 Oct 1980.
Ship Notes:
AGF | Name | MA | Notes |
3 | LA SALLE | | FY 1961. (ex-LPD 3) Ord. 8 Aug 1960, comm. as LPD 22 Feb 1964. |
Page Notes:
Compiled: 4 Nov 2021
© Stephen S. Roberts, 2021
Sources: DB, Maroon, NVR