Event runs from:
5/1/2012 through:
6/30/2012 12:00 AM
USS New Orleans (LPD-18)
| Displacement 25,000 t.(fl) |
Length 684' |
Beam 105' |
| Draft 23 ft. |
Speed 22 kts. |
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USS New Orleans Departs San Diego for Scheduled DeploymentSAN DIEGO –- The amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) and embarked Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) departed Naval Base San Diego, on a regularly scheduled deployment as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) in support of the Navy's Maritime Strategy. USS New Orleans (LPD 18) Returns To San DiegoSAN DIEGO - USS New Orleans (LPD 18) returns to San Diego after a three-month independent deployment in support of Amphibious-Southern Partnership Station 2010. A-SPS is an amphibious portion of Southern Partnership Station, which is a deployment of various specialty platforms to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in Latin America and the Caribbean. New Orleans Gets UnderwayUSS New Orleans (LPD 18) completed a three-day underway on Dec. 3, its first since returning from deployment in August. USS New Orleans Commissioned in Namesake CityNEW ORLEANS - Sailors from USS New Orleans (LPD 18) and Marines from the 14th Regiment manned the rails of the San Antonio class ship March 10, bringing it to life during a commissioning ceremony in the ship's namesake city. |
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