NEC MM-4291-Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Mechanic
Base, Station or City San Diego
State/Country California
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USS New Orleans (LPH-11) Details
USS New Orleans (LPH-11)
Iwo Jima Class Amphibious Assault Ship (Helicopter):
Laid down, 1 March 1966, 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
USS New Orleans earned five campaign stars for Vietnam War service
Final Disposition, sunk as a target as part of Exercise RIMPAC 2010 on 10 July 10, 2010
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 single propeller, 22,000 shp