Welcome to the USS LaSalle (LPD-3/AGF-3) 1964 - 2005 web site. Please send me an email and I will get your "Shipmates" Profile started. Be sure to include dates you served, rate, etc. in the email so I'll know you served in USS LaSalle LPD-3 or AGF-3 Contact Us This site is for use by US Navy Veterans who served in USS LaSalle LPD-3 / AGF-3 and their family members.
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November - Romeo - Papa - Golf
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"Versatility at Sea" - "FACILITAS AD MAREM"
22 Feb 1964 -27 May 2005
USS LaSalle LPD-3 Slide Show
Click here to see Navy Slide Show 2008 pictures
http://www.navy.mil/media/OtherMedia/YearInReview/yir08/start_here.html
The next reunion is planned for last weekend of SEP 2010 in Gettysburg PA, one of our members does tour guides in Gettysburg. Click on 2010 Reunion Details
Here is what I've signed up for: Lunch at Dobbin House
Abigail Adams Ballroom
Buffet
Soup and Salad Bar
Turkey and Ham Cold Cuts, Cheeses and 3 Breads Ham, Green Beans and Potatoes Bar-B-Que Chicken Fudge Brownies, Chocolate Cake, Gingerbread w/Lemon Sauce, Vanilla Pudding Coffee, Tea, Iced Tea - Stronger drinks available at extra cost.
Buffet served w/Condiments, Chips and Pretzels
After lunch men can retire to Spring House Tavern and ladies off to shopping or whatever folks want.
Sounded like pretty good meal for $15 which included tax and 15% Gratuity, probably will not need large evening meal.
This is Friday 1230 to 1330
SAT evening is also a buffet type meal but with larger selection. No need to worry about meal choice a long time in advance.
Questions, email Arnet at
einer2@juno.comHistory Photos
Arnet Hagen, Sec/Treasurer USS LA SALLE Association einer2@juno.com
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Picture courtesy of Paul J Daoust pjdaoust@gmail.com
The USS LaSalle AGF-3 was the 4th oldest active ship when decommissioned, after the USS Kitty Hawk and the The USS Constitution sailing ship in Boston Harbor is still retained on active Navy status. The USS Arizona (BB-39) still in commission as a memorial to those lost in WWII.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Arizona_Memorial (Thanks to Kenneth Mahoney for this.)
From http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/l1/la_salle-ii.htm
La Salle A town and county in Illinois named after Rene Robert Chevalier de La Salle, one of the most celebrated explorers and builders of New France in the 17th century.
II (LPD-3: dp. 13,900; l. 522'; b. 84'; s. 23 k.; cpl. 490; trp. 1,000; a. 8 3", 6 heli.; cl. Raleigh)
The second La Salle (LPD-3) was laid down by New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, N.Y., 2 April 1962; launched 3 August 1963; sponsored by Mrs. Victor M. Longstreet; and commissioned 22 February 1964, Capt Edward H. Winslow in command.
After shakedown and training in the Caribbean and off Norfolk, the amphibious transport dock departed Norfolk 9 October to participate in Operation “Steel Pike I”, a complex training exercise involving over 80 ships and United States and Spanish troops. She closed the coast of Spain off Huelva 26 October, and embarked Under Secretary of the Navy Paul B. Faye, Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Horacio Rivero, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Wallace N. Greene, and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Congressman Mendel Rivers to watch the landing operations.
The exercise completed 4 November, La Salle joined the 6th Fleet at Naples for amphibious operations and joint NATO training. She returned to Norfolk 13 March 1965.
With Vice Adm. J. S. McCain, Jr., Commander Amphibious Forces, Atlantic Fleet embarked, La Salle sailed 1 May for exercises in the Caribbean, returning to Norfolk 1 June. Three weeks later she joined the Caribbean Amphibious Ready Squadron, returning to home port 21 September to begin training operations along the east coast and in the Caribbean.
Through the first half of 1966, La Salle continued operating off the east coast. July and September were spent in Norfolk for upkeep and modifications, with further exercises following. On 3 November, she recovered a Gemini II test space capsule near Ascension Island. This was returned to Cape Kennedy, Fla., and the rest of the year spent on local operations in the Atlantic. La Salle entered the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on 9 January 1967 for repairs and remained there until 20 March. The remainder of 1967 and the first three quarters of 1968 were spent conducting various exercises and port visits which ranged along the entire Atlantic and Gulf coasts and into the Carribean as well. On 2 November she put into Norfolk to prepare for an extended employment with the 6th Fleet. Departing 13 November, she steamed first to Moorhead City, N.C. and then began her voyage to the Mediterranean where she remains into 1969.
