Iwo Jima-class Amphibious Assault Ships

LPH-11 USS New Orleans

Highlights of Ship's Service History

USS New Orleans (LPH-11)
U.S. Navy photo

Photo source: Wikipedia

18 Dec 1964

Contract awarded to the U.S. Navy Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA

1 Mar 1966

Keel laid

3 Feb 1968

Launched

16 Nov 1968

Commissioned

9 Feb 1971

Recovery ship for Apollo 14

25 Sep 1973

Recovery ship for Skylab II

8 Feb 1974

Recovery ship for Skylab III

24 Jul 1975

Recovery ship for the American crew of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

Nov 1994

Portrayed decommissioned sister ship LPH-2 USS Iwo Jima in the movie Apollo 13

1 Oct 1997

Decommissioned

23 Oct 1998

Stricken from the Navy List

1997-2006

Held in the Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, CA

2006-2009

Currently in the custody of NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Office, Pearl Harbor, HI; being held pending SINKEX or scrapping.

July 2010

Sunk as target during RIMPAC 2010.

Sources
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U. S. Naval Historical Center United States Naval Vessel Register Wikipedia NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Haze Gray & Underway