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LPD-18 New Orleans

San Antonio Class Amphibious Transport Dock:
  • Laid down, 14 October 2002, at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Avondale Operations, New Orleans, LA.
  • Launched, 13 November 2004
  • Commissioned, 10 March 2007, at New Orleans, LA.
  • New Orleans is assigned to the Pacific Fleet and is homeported at San Diego, CA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 25,000 t.(fl)
    Length 684'
    Beam 105'
    Draft 23 ft.
    Speed 22 kts.
    Complement 33 Officers, 411 Enlisted
    Troop Accommodations 66 Officers, 625 Enlisted
    Flag Staff Accommodations 84
    Mission Systems
    Vehicles/Cargo (Net): Three Vehicle Decks (2323 sq m)
    Two Cargo/Ammo Magazines (708 cu m)
    Cargo Fuel, JP-5 (1190 cu m) , MOGAS (38 cu m)
    Two LCACs
    Medical
    Two Operating Rooms
    24 Person Hospital Ward
    100 Casualty Overflow Capacity:
    Aviation Facilities
    Hangar - "O" Level, Maintenance Facilities for; One CH-53E, or Two CH-46s, or One MV-22, or Three UH/AH-1s
    Landing - Two CH-53s, or Four AH/UH-1s, or Four CH-46s, or Two MV-22s, or One AV-8B Harrier:
    Main Propulsion
    4 - Medium Speed Turbocharged Marine Diesels
    2 - Shafts
    2 - Single Reversing Reduction Gears
    2 - Inboard Rotating (top) Fixed Pitch Propellers
    Electric Plant
    5 - 2500 KW Ship Service Marine Diesel Generators
    5 - Main Ship Service 60 Hz SWBS
    3 - Ship Service 400 Hz SWBS
    3 - 60 to 400 Hz solid State Frequency changers
    Zonal 60 Hz Power distribution system
    Advanced Degaussing System
    Auxiliaries
    7 - 700 KW Non-CFC Air conditioning Plants
    5 - 12000 GPD Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plants
    10 - 1000 GPM Navy Standard Firepumps
    2 - HP Air Compressors
    3 - LP Air Compressors
    3 - Deballast Air Compressors
    Navigation
    Digital Flux Gate Magnetic Compass
    AN/WSN-7(V)1 Inertial Navigation System
    AN/WQN-2 Doppler Sonar Velocity Log System
    AN/UQN-4A Sonar Sounding Set, Dead Reckoning System
    Navigation Telex System
    AN/SSN-6 NAVSSI
    Armament
    1 - MK 41, 16 Cell VLS, (Space & Weight)
    2 - MK 31 Mod 0 RAM Launchers
    2 - MK 46 Mod 1 30mm Machine Guns
    2 - MK 26 Mod 17 .50 Cal Machine Guns
    Command & Control
    AN/SPQ-12(V) Radar Display Dist. Distribution System
    MK 2 SSDS
    AN/USQ-119C(V)27 JMCIS
    AN/KSQ-1 Amphibious Assault Direction System
    MK 91, 2 Channel MFCS
    AN/USG-2 CEC
    Radar Systems
    AN/SPS-48E
    AN/SPQ-9B
    AN/SPS-73
    EW & Decoy Systems
    AN/SLQ-25A NIXIE
    AN/SLQ-32Q(V)2
    MK 36 SRBOC
    MK 53 / NULKA
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    New Orleans 21k New Orleans (LPD-18) launching, 13 November 2004, Grumman Ship Systems, Avondale, LA., US Navy photo. .
    New Orleans 50k The Pre-Commissioning Unit New Orleans (LPD-18) transits past the city of New Orleans on the Mississippi River, 23 October 2006. The amphibious transport dock was heading to the Gulf of Mexico to conduct builder’s trials. New Orleans is being built in Avondale, LA. and is scheduled to be commissioned in March of 2007.
    US Navy photo # 061023-N-0857S-003 by Mr. Sam Shore.    		 Lee Wahler
    New Orleans 82k The Pre-Commissioning Unit New Orleans (LPD-18) leaves Avondale Shipyard, 5 march 2007, and transits up the Mississippi River toward her commissioning site in New Orleans. The ship is scheduled to be commissioned in a ceremony, 10 March 2007.
    US Navy photo # 070305-N-7427G-001 by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shawn Graham.    		 Tony Cowart
    New Orleans 143k The Pre-Commissioning Unit New Orleans (LPD-18) leaves Avondale Shipyard. 5 march 2007, and transits underneath the Huey P. Long Bridge, on the Mississippi River toward her commissioning site in New Orleans.
    US Navy photo # 070305-N-7427G-002 by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shawn Graham.    		 .
    New Orleans 93k The Pre-Commissioning Unit New Orleans (LPD-18) leaves Avondale Shipyard, 5 March 2007, and transits under the Crescent City Connection Bridge on the Mississippi River toward her commissioning site in New Orleans.
    US Navy photo # 070305-N-3429E-003 by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shawn Graham.    		 Tony Cowart
    New Orleans 87k The Pre-Commissioning Unit New Orleans (LPD-18) transits the Mississippi River toward her namesake city, 5 March 2007.
    US Navy photo # 070305-N-3429E-004 by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shawn Graham.    		 Tony Cowart
    New Orleans 104k The Pre-Commissioning Unit New Orleans (LPD-18) transits the Mississippi River toward her namesake city, 5 March 2007.
    US Navy photo # 070305-N-3429E-001 by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shawn Graham.    		 .
    New Orleans 68k New Orleans (LPD-18) joins the fleet as thousands watch her commissioning ceremony, Saturday, 10 March 2007, on the banks of the Mississippi River at Waldenburg Park in New Orleans, LA.
    US Navy photo # 070310-N-9274T-001 NEW ORLEANS (March 10, 2007) by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William Townsend (RELEASED).    		 Tony Cowart
    New Orleans 76k Operations Specialist 2nd Class Israel Flores and Quartermaster 3rd Class August Sorvillo assigned to New Orleans (LPD 18), prepare to raise the ship's commissioning pennant during the ship's commissioning ceremony. US Navy photo # 070310-N-2070C-001 NEW ORLEANS (March 10, 2007) by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Jay Cope (RELEASED). Tony Cowart
    New Orleans 82k Sailors assigned to amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) man the ship and bring her to life during the ship's commissioning ceremony Saturday, March 10, 2007.
    US Navy photo # 070310-N-3429E-003 NEW ORLEANS (March 10, 2007) by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kurt Eischen (RELEASED)    		 Tony Cowart
    New Orleans 66k New Orleans (LPD 18) transits through San Diego Bay prior to arriving in her new homeport of San Diego. The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, built and commissioned in her namesake city, is the first of the new class of ship to be homeported on the West Coast.
    US Navy photo # 070503-N-8273J-018 SAN DIEGO (May 3, 2007) by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tiffini M. Jones.    		 Lee Wahler
    New Orleans 504k Naval Station Pearl Harbor tugs assist New Orleans (LPD 18) to the pier at the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center. New Orleans is in Pearl Harbor following Combat Systems Ship Qualification Trials to provide an opportune lift for Sailors and service members assigned to the Hawaii region. The opportune lift program allows Sailors, service members and their families to save money by transporting privately owned vehicles to the mainland United States on a Navy ship.
    US Navy photo # 070911-N-9758L-088 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Sept. 11, 2007) by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Michael A. Lantron.    		 Lee Wahler
    There is no DANFS history available for New Orleans (LPD-18) at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Navy Fact File - Amphibious Transport Dock - LPD
    Federation of American Scientists, Military Analysis Network, US Navy Ships
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