US NAVY - USS La Salle (LPD-3/AGF-3) Challenge Coin for Sale

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US NAVY - USS La Salle (LPD-3/AGF-3) Challenge Coin For Sale

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US NAVY - USS La Salle (LPD-3/AGF-3) Challenge Coin :
$14.99

This is a great looking US NAVY -USS LaSalle(LPD-3/AGF-3)commemorative challenge coin. Coin has reeded edges and is about 1 9/16\" in diameter. Front side of coin is printed and colorized while the rear side is raised lettering and gold plated. Coin is contained in an acrylic air tight holder.

The second USS La Salle (LPD-3/AGF-3) was built as a Raleigh-class amphibious transport dock and later served as a command ship in the United States Navy.

La Salle was named for the city in Illinois that was in turn named after Rene\'-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle.

Her keel was laid down by New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York, on 2 April 1962. She was launched on 3 August 1963.

The La Salle was decommissioned in Norfolk, Virginia on 27 May 2005.

It was sunk as a target by the United States Navy on 11 April 2007 during a scheduled fleet exercise off the Atlantic coast.

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USS La SalleNamesake:La Salle, Illinois
Ordered:8 August 1960Laid down:2 April 1962Launched:3 August 1963Acquired:21 February 1964Commissioned:22 February 1964Decommissioned:27 May 2005Reclassified:1972 as miscellaneous command ship (AGF-3)Struck:27 May 2005Fate:Sunk as target in support of Fleet training exercise, 11 April 2007
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