USS New Orleans (LPH-11)
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USS New Orleans (LPH-11) in 1988
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 United States
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| Ordered: | 18 December 1964 |
| Builder: | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard |
| Laid down: | 1 March 1966 |
| Launched: | 3 February 1968 |
| Commissioned: | 16 November 1968 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 October 1997 |
| Struck: | 23 October 1998 |
| Motto: | The Enforcers |
| Fate: | Sunk on 10 July 2010 as a target ship during RIMPAC 2010 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship |
| Displacement: | 19,431 tons |
| Length: | 598 ft (182 m) |
| Beam: | 84 ft (26 m) |
| Draught: | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 600 psi (4.1 MPa) boilers, one geared steam turbines, one shaft, 22,000 shaft horse power |
| Speed: | 23 knots (26 mph; 43 km/h) |
| Complement: | 718 (80 officer, 638 enlisted) |
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| Aircraft carried: | 20 × CH-46 Sea Knights, 10 × MH-53E Sea Stallion, 3 × AH-1 Cobra |
USS New Orleans (LPH-11) was an Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship in the United States Navy. She was the third Navy ship to be so named, and is the first named for the Battle of New Orleans, which was the last major battle of the War of 1812.
New Orleans was laid down on 1 March 1966 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was launched on 3 February 1968 and sponsored by Mrs. Arthur A. De la Houssaye. She was commissioned on 16 November 1968 with Captain G.M. Even in command.
New Orleans made her first appearance in the Western Pacific in August 1969 as flagship for Amphibious Ready Group Bravo. Her embarked Marine helicopter squadron and battalion leading team were ready to be landed within hours. In October, she hosted the Eighth Vietnamese Awards. Later that month, she participated in Keystone Cardinal Operation, a retrograde movement of Marines out of Vietnam. The ship's first deployment terminated in March 1970. After having participated in five amphibious exercises, conducted many weeks of Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) maneuvers in the South China Sea, and visiting such ports as Hong Kong, Manila, Subic Bay, Okinawa, and Taipei, New Orleans returned to San Diego.
Two other interesting assignments were given to New Orleans prior to her next Western Pacific deployment. In August 1970, she became flagship for Commander First Fleet and provided support for president Richard Nixon's visit to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and made a port call to Acapulco. Then, in late 1970, she prepared for the recovery of Apollo 14. On 9 February 1971, she picked up astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell some 900 miles (1,450 km) south of American Samoa.
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