USS New Orleans (LPH-11)

USS New Orleans in 1988
History
United States
Name	New Orleans
Namesake	Battle of New Orleans
Ordered	18 December 1964
Builder	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Laid down	1 March 1966
Launched	3 February 1968
Commissioned	16 November 1968
Decommissioned	31 October 1997
Stricken	23 October 1998
Identification	Callsign: NAON Hull number: LPH-11
Motto	The Enforcers[1]
Fate	Sunk as target, 10 July 2010
General characteristics
Class and type	Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement	19,431 tons
Length	598 ft (182 m)
Beam	84 ft (26 m)
Draught	30 ft (9.1 m)
Propulsion	2 × 600 psi (4.1 MPa) boilers, one geared steam turbines, one shaft, 22,000 shaft horse power
Speed	23 knots (26 mph; 43 km/h)
Complement	718 (80 officer, 638 enlisted)
Armament	2 × 2 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns, 2 × Mk-25 Sea Sparrow Missile Launchers, (added later) 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried	20 × CH-46 Sea Knights, 10 × MH-53E Sea Stallion, 3 × AH-1 Cobra

USS New Orleans (LPH-11) was an Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship in the United States Navy. She was the third Navy ship to be so named, and is the first named for the Battle of New Orleans, which was the last major battle of the War of 1812.

New Orleans was laid down on 1 March 1966 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was launched on 3 February 1968 and sponsored by Mrs. Arthur A. De la Houssaye. She was commissioned on 16 November 1968.