US Navy's command ship USS “La Salle” (AGF-3) off Bahrain, December 1975
Builder: New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn
Displacements: 8,040 standard, 13,900 full load
Length overall: 158.4 m
Max. Draft: 6.4 m
Enhines: steam turbines, 24,000 s.h.p.; twin-screw
Speed: 23 knots
Complement: 387
Laid down 2 April 1962
Commissioned 22 February 1964 as the Raleigh-class Amphibious Transport (Dock) (LPD-3)
Converted 1972 to a "miscellaneous command ship" and relieved the USS “Valcour” (IMO 6133257; see https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/2968881) as the flagship for Commander, Middle East Forces (COMMIDEASTFOR), based in Bahrain.
Decommissioned 27 May 2005
Sunk as a target 11 April 2007.