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lj ' , I ,,,, 3 f A ,Wafer - , ' s- , ix. i vIv-ll 'Mw Commissioned on 22' February 1964,' USS LA SALLE was the third Amphibious Transport Dock Ship to be launched. Designed to carry over 780 combat troops andmore than 25,000 tons of cargo, the LPD has become a bulwark of the modern am- phibious landing force. r During the year following her commissioning, LA SALLE participated in six weeks of Shakedown training in Guantanamo, Exercise Steel Pike I in Spain, and a five-month tour of duty with the Medi- terranean Amphibious Squadron, returning to Norfolk in February 1965. A During the Dominican Republic Crisis in May 1965, LA SALLE operated off the coast of Santo Domingo for twenty-four consecutive days, serving as Vice Admiral McCain's Flagship. For the re- mainder of,l1965, LA SALLE operated in the Carib- bean as Flagship of Commander Amphibious Squadron SIX, where she participated in numerous landing exercises off Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, and later took part in .an Emphibious Demonstration Landing Exercise off Onslow Beach, N .C. I ,5-xi,,i.,E'.f,f p 3 , , V ,..aun I H aff- W - N-M I.. is -5 2 3 , . I 4?3??!h , , , 4 gl I , A ,e, . .., 9 I i-Q P, pai-Q. 'mmmmif-.tmmws The year 1966 saw LA SALLE sail unexpectedly to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to return Marine Con- struction Battalion Six to Davisville, Rhode Island, a weekend visit to New York City, and operation FIREX in the Caribbean. She also conducted GEMINI recoveries in the Virginia Capes Operating area to evaluate LPD capabilities as space flight recovery ship. LA SALLE later became the first ship of her size to successfully recover a GEMINI space capsule. I Q ,During 1967 LA SALLE participated in Operation CLOVE HITCH III, a large-scale naval exercise involving hilecopter amphibious landings at Rincon Bay, Puerto Rico. She also took part. in three separate Midshipmen Training Exercises near 'the Virginia Capes Operating Area. I - LA SALLE 'completed an extensive yard overhaul during 1968, after which she underwent refresher training at Guantanamo Bay. She departed Norfolk in November of that year as Flagship for Commander Amphibious Squadron FOUR, and served as at unit of the U.S. SIXTH. Fleet. 'This book is the story of that cruise. I I 1 TIFFANY PUBLISHING COMPANY printed in r Norfolk, Virginia Tokyo, Japan San Diego, California 6 i ,Y - -ua ,.. .. ..
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