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Iwo Jima-class Amphibious Assault Ships

LPH-11 USS New Orleans


Highlights of Ship's Service History



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USS New Orleans (LPH-11)
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Photo source: Wikipedia [ Wikipedia icon ]
18 Dec 1964
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Contract awarded to the U.S. Navy Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA
1 Mar 1966
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Keel laid
3 Feb 1968
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Launched
16 Nov 1968
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Commissioned
9 Feb 1971
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Recovery ship for Apollo 14
25 Sep 1973
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Recovery ship for Skylab II
8 Feb 1974
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Recovery ship for Skylab III
24 Jul 1975
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Recovery ship for the American crew of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Nov 1994
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Portrayed decommissioned sister ship LPH-2 USS Iwo Jima in the movie Apollo 13  [ imdb icon ]
1 Oct 1997
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Decommissioned
23 Oct 1998
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Stricken from the Navy List
1997-2006
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Held in the Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, CA
2006-2009
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Currently in the custody of NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Office, Pearl Harbor, HI; being held pending SINKEX or scrapping.
July 2010
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Sunk as target during RIMPAC 2010.

Sources

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U. S. Naval Historical Center  [ Flag of United States ] United States Naval Vessel Register  [ Flag of United States ] Wikipedia [ Wikipedia icon ] NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy [ World Wide Web icon ] Haze Gray & Underway [ World Wide Web icon ]