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THE GHOST IN THE GULF •)
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LOOKING BACK AT USS LA SALLE jr r iff . ■ ■.rm . . Oil 2: I cli|-u,ii- 1 ' )(.4. ISS I. A SALI.K was coiiiniisMiincd in ihc I .S. a as ail Xnipliibious 1 raiisporl Ddck (I PD). She joined her sisier ships, L SS RAI.KIGH and i:SS N ' rOl! ' KR. as Ihe neuest class n amphibious ships in the a . Mobih- l , rie ibilil and ersatilil were the iradeniarks of these ships, lach emild transport o er XOO eombat-iead Ma- rines, alony u ith their ec.|uipnient. ehi- eles. aniiiuinilion, liiel aiul carijo. at hiL ' h speeiis to tlie site ol an amphibious operation. , ariet ol boats, cranes, elevators and eon e ors. plus the abili- l to embark helicopters, couki be util- ized to enable these operations to be coiuiucted ipiicklv and ellieienllN. 1 akin;j this capabilitv t(i the lleet. I, A SAI,I,F. operalinjj schedule has been lar Irom routine .She has tlemon- slraletl her llexibilitv in numerous, var- ied npcralioiis. In I ' Xi.s, she served as the riat ' -ship lor Atlantic I leet am- phibious lorces diiriiiL ' the Dominican ( risis. I hat same vear slie pal ticipaled 111 the evacuation ol ( (instruction Hal- lalion SIX Irom (iuanlanamo B,iv. ( iiba duiinj ' the ( uban Missile ( risis. In I ' )(,(.. I, A S.M.I.K liecame the lirst ship 111 her si c lo successliillv recover and return a l ' ro|ecl (IT MINI space capsule to ( ape ( anaveial. Dnrin.L ' l ' J(. ' », l. SM.I.K served as the test platform lor the protoiv pe - -- 1 1 R- RIHR VTOL (Vertical Take-OH and Landing) fighter-bomber. In 1972. after an extensive over- haul, 1,. S.ALLE was designated as a Miscellaneous Command Ship (, (jl ) and assumed duties as flagship for Commander, Middle last lorce. Painted white to reflect the hot. Middle I ast sun. •The Great liiti- Chost of the .Arabian Ci)ast ' has steamed an av- erage of 5. , ()()() nautical miles annual- h, in that role, calling on ports in Alrica, Asia, and the Middle l:ast. L. S.ALLE assisted in the evacu- ation of 2(i() American and foreign civi- lians from the Iranian seaport of liaii- dar Abbas in I ' )? ' ). She became the lo- cal point of I ..S.aclivitv 111 the, Arabian (lull at the outset iif the Iranian Hos- tage t risis. file combination of this crisis and the initiation of the lran-ir.u| War. which began in l ' )XI). brought about a dramatic increase in the com- mand and support responsibilities placeii on the ship and iier crew. I SSCOKONADO relieved I S.M.I.K in November l ' SI). .md the (iri-at W hitc (ihosl returned stateside lor the first time m X ' - vears. On ar- rival, she began a ma|or overiiaul winch included incre.ising her air con- dilioiiing capacitv. replacing and up- grading the ship ' s four turbine genera- tors, adding an extensive ciecimnics and communications package, and re- placing two 3 50 caliber guns with the MK 15 Close-In Weapons Ssstem (CIWS). IfSS . S. I.1.K returned to the Arabian (iulf and resumed Hagshipdu- ties for ( OMIDFASTFOR in June I9X. ' ?. Since then, she has continued to provide the embarked staff with reli- able command and control facilities, all the while providing ongoing and varied support 10 the other Middle tasl Force ships operating in the area. In I9S4, LA SALLE embarked three CI 1-53 helicopters and associated equipment from Helicopter .Mine ( ounicrmeasure Squadron 14 lo con- duct mineswcep operations in the Red Sea 111 response to anonymous attempts to disrupt the free passage of shipping there. In the beginning of 1986. L.- SALLK was dispatched to conduct coniingencv operations off the coast of ' enien in the Gulf of Aden during that countrv ' s civil war. With the onset of the gull Tanker War. LA SALLE has continued to serve as the command platform for Commander, Middle l:ast I orce to coordinate force operations in the (iulf. L. S. LLE plaved a vital role, in March 19X7. as both a flagship and a logistics support ship during Northern
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