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USS New Orleans (LPH-11)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Oscar - November NAON

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Secretary of the Navy Letter of Commendation (2)
CINCPACFLT Letter of Commendation
Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" (6)
Second Row - Navy Expeditionary Medal (1-Iran/Indian Ocean) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Op. Sharpe Edge, Somalia)
Third Row - Vietnam Service Medal (5) - Southwest Asia Service Medal (2) - Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
Fourth Row - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

Iwo Jima Class Amphibious Assault Ship (Helicopter):

Laid down, 19 August 1965, at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA.

Launched, 3 February 1968

Commissioned USS New Orleans (LPH-11), 16 November 1968, CAPT. G. M. Even in command

During the Vietnam War USS participated in the following campaigns:

**Vietnam War Campaigns**
Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 26 to 28 August 1969 9 September to 21 October 1969	Consolidation I 16 July 1971
Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970 15 to 25 November 1969 7 to 16 and 30 December 1969 1 to 9 January 1970 2 to 12 February 1970 10 to 13 March 1970	Vietnam Ceasefire 23 August to 7 October 1972 23 October to 12 November 1972 14 to 21 December 1972 1 to 22 and 27 to 28 January 1973 22 February to 28 March 1973
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII 20 to 21 May 1971 25 June 1971

Decommissioned, 1 October 1997

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 23 October 1998

Final Disposition, sunk as a target as part of Exercise RIMPAC 2010 on 10 July 10, 2010

USS New Orleans earned five campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Specifications:
Displacement 11,000 tons (lt.), 18,474 t.(fl)
Length 592'
Beam 84', Flight Deck 105'
Draft 27'
Speed 22 kts.
Complement 667
Troop Accommodations 2,157
Aircraft 25 helicopters
Armament

(as built) single four 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts

(modifications) two 3"/50s dual purpose gun mounts removed

two eight cell Sea Sparrow BPDMS launchers added, later replaced by two 25mm chain guns

two Phalanx CIWSs added
Propulsion two 600 psi boilers, one geared steam turbine, one shaft, 22,000 shaft horsepower .

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
44k	*USS New Orleans* (LPH-11)** keel laying, 1 March 1966 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. US Navy photo	Ron Reeves
69k	*USS New Orleans* (LPH-11)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo
75k	*USS New Orleans* (LPH-11)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo
125k	*USS New Orleans* (LPH-11)** underway, actual date and location unknown. This is a stock photo used by the Associated Press as an image of the prime recovery ship for the Apollo 14 splashdown and recover on 9 February 1971. AP Wire photo	Tommy Trampp
42k	*USS New Orleans* (LPH-11) out bound to sea from San Diego, CA. USS McKee (AS-41)** is moored at Point Loma in background. US Navy photo
38k	*USS New Orleans* (LPH-11)** at San Diego, date unknown.	Dale C. Haskin
188k	*USS New Orleans* (LPH-11)** with a mix of Navy and Marine CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters aboard, prepares to neutralize mines in Haiphong Harbour during Operation End Sweep, 28 March 1973. US Navy photo. Photo and text from "Fighting To Leave" by Colonel Robert E. Stoffey, USMC (Ret.)	Robert Hurst
110k	Overhead view of *USS New Orleans* (LPH-11)** at anchor in Haiphong harbor, during Operation End Sweep, 28 March 1973. US Navy photo	Robert M. Cieri
184k	*USS New Orleans* (LPH-11)** moored at Bravo pier Pearl Harbor in July 1975	Photo by Kevin Hopper USS New Orleans
172k	*USS New Orleans* (LPH-11)** lowering Apollo capsule from the American-Soviet Apollo-Soyuz mission of 5 July 1975 to the dock at Pearl Harbor in July 1975	Photo by Kevin Hopper USS New Orleans
132k	*USS New Orleans* (LPH-11)** underway, date and location unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
74k	Ex-*USS New Orleans* (LPH-11) outboard of ex-USS Okinawa (LPH-3)** moored together at the end of a multi-ship row at Suisun Bay. Photo by Carolyn Bonner. Photo from "Warship Boneyards" by Kit and Carolyn Bonner.	Robert Hurst
206k	Ex-*USS New Orleans* (LPH-11)** laid up in the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, 26 March 2006. Photo by Ken Freeze.	Robert Hurst
62k	Ex-*USS New Orleans* (LPH-11) outward bound through San Francisco Bay while under tow by USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169)**, 19 October 2006.	Captain Jack C. Goldthorpe, US Coast Guard Ret.
3322k	Ex-*USS New Orleans* (LPH-11)** takes fire from a line of surface combat ships from four countries during a sinking exercise as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010. RIMPAC is a biennial, multinational exercise designed to strengthen regional partnerships and improve multinational interoperability. US Navy photo # 100710-N-4281P-799 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 10, 2010) by MC1 Woody Paschall.	Robert Hurst
4130k	Ex-*USS New Orleans* (LPH-11) being hit by 5" gunfire from the Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Warramunga (FFH-152)*, 10 July 2010, during a surface engagement as part of Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) 2010. Australian Defense Force photo # 100710-O-XXXXX-029*l.	Robert Hurst

USS New Orleans (LPH-11) Memorabilia
Commissioning Program Contributed by Robert M. Cieri	1983 Welcome Aboard Contributed by Robert M. Cieri

For more photos and information about USS New Orleans, see;
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
USS New Orleans (LPH-11)
USS Iwo Jima Class Association
Commanding Officers
RIMPAC 2010 - ex-New Orleans SINKEX

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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