Iwo Jima-class Amphibious Assault Ships
LPH-11 USS New Orleans
Highlights of Ship's Service History
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.
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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 |
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