New Orleans (LPH 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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25 Year of Naval service... USS NEW ORLEANS QLPH-1 11 is the third in line to bearthe name and carry on the heritage of its valiant predecessors and was commis- sioned on 16 November 1968 at the Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She celebrated the 25th year of her commis- sioning during her latest deployment. Some of her more notable accomplishments are fifteen deployments to the Western Pacific with U.S. Marine units in support of Seventh Fleet op- erations. She was the flagship for Com- mander, First Fleet during President Nixon's visit to Puerta Vallarta, Mexico in July 1970. The next year, she recovered astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Floose and Ed Mitchell in Apollo 14 on 9 February 1971. Then NEW GPLEANS supported mine sweeping opera- tions off the coast and harbors of North Viet- nam in Gperation END SWEEP during August 1972. She retrieved Skylab missions ll and lll, and on 5 July 1975, NEW ORLEANS recov- ered astronauts Stafford, Slayton and Brand from the Apollo-Soyuz mission. N l i Authorized ................... 1965 Ship Bldg Prog Keel Laid ............ ......... 1 March 1966 Commissioned ...........,.. 16 November 1968 Completion Date ............ 15 February 1969 Type of Vessel ...... Amphibious Assault Ship Class ....... ........... 1 wo Jima CLPH-22 Speed ........... ........ O ver 20 Knots Number of Marines .........,... 1,450 Displacement ............ 18,000 Tons Length ........... ............ 6 00 Feet Beam ......... .................. 8 4 Feet Draft ................. 26 Feet 6 Inches Crew .......... 700 Ojficers and Men Number of Helicopters ............. 23 Armament ........................ 2 20mm Phalanx CIWS, 4 50-cal gun mounts, and 3 25mm gun mounts. X I