Fleet Command Ship-AGF

Description: Command ships serve as the flagships for the Commander, Third Fleet, and Commander, Sixth Fleet.

Features: Command ships provide communications and accommodations for fleet commanders and staff. Ships are equipped air and surface radars, helicopter, chaff launchers, and an electronic warfare suite.

Background: These ships were converted from amphibious warfare ships for employment as command ships.

Point of Contact:
Public Affairs Office
Naval Sea Systems Command
Washington, DC 20362

General Characteristics, La Salle Class

Builders: (as LPD-3) New York Naval Shipyard, N.Y.
Conversion: (to AGF-3) Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Penn.
Power Plant: Two boilers, geared turbines, two shafts, 24,000 shaft horsepower
Length: 520 feet (158 meters)
Beam: 84 feet (26 meters)
Displacement: 14,650 tons
Speed: 20 knots
Aircraft: one light helicopter
Ship: USS La Salle (AGF 3), Forward deployed to Gaeta, Italy.
Crew: 440 ships company + 59 flag staff
Armament: 2 Phalanx close-in-weapons system, four machine gun mounts, two saluting guns

General Characteristics, Coronado Class

Builders: (as LPD-11) Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Co.
Conversion: (to AGF-11) Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Penn.
Power Plant: two boilers, geared turbines, twin shafts, 24,000 shaft horsepower
Length: 570 feet (173.8 meters)
Beam: 100 feet (30.5 meters)
Displacement: 16,912 tons (15,375 metric tons)
Speed: 21 knots
Aircraft: two light helicopters
Ship: USS Coronado (AGF 11), San Diego, Calif.
Crew: 516 ships company + 120 flag staff
Armament: two Phalanx close-in-weapons system, two 12.7 mm MGs

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