USS New Orleans (LPD-18)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS New Orleans.
USS New Orleans (LPD-18), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is the fourth commissioned ship of the United States Navy to be named after the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
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USS New Orleans on 2 July 2009 | |
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Name | New Orleans |
Namesake | New Orleans |
Ordered | 18 December 1998 |
Builder | Northrop Grumman Ship Systems |
Laid down | 14 October 2002 |
Christened | 20 November 2004 |
Launched | 11 December 2004 |
Commissioned | 10 March 2007 |
Homeport | Sasebo |
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Motto | Victory From the Sea |
Status | in active service |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock |
Displacement | 24,433 tons full |
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Draft | 7 m (23 ft) |
Propulsion | Four Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 40,000 hp (30,000 kW) |
Boats & landing craft carried | Two LCACs (air cushion) or one Landing Craft Utility (conventional) |
Capacity | 700 marines (66 officers, 633 enlisted) w. surge to 800 total |
Complement | 33 officers, 364 enlisted |
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