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	USS New Orleans Commissioned in Namesake City
		New Orleans is the second ship in the Navy’s new San Antonio class.
		NEW ORLEANS (NNS) -- 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.
		Skillman assured the city of New Orleans his crew is capable and ready to fulfill its role in the Pacific Fleet and U.S. naval history.
	www.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=28240 (640 words)

	USS New Orleans (CA-32) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS New Orleans (CA-32) (formerly CL-32) was a United States Navy heavy cruiser, the lead ship of her class.
		New Orleans made patrols and bombardments on Saipan and Tinian into August, returned to Eniwetok the 13th, and sailed the 28th for carrier raids on the Bonins, bombardments of Iwo Jima, 1-2 September, and direct air support for the invasion of the Palaus.
		New Orleans sailed 28 August with a cruiser-destroyer force to ports of China and Korea.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_New_Orleans_(CA-32) (1755 words)

	USS New Orleans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The first New Orleans (CL-22) was a protected cruiser, purchased in 1898, that was active in the Spanish-American War and World War I.
		The second New Orleans (CA-32) was a cruiser commissioned in 1934 and seeing much service in World War II.
		The fourth New Orleans (LPD-18) is a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock that was launched in 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_New_Orleans (268 words)

	Naval History/USS New Orleans CA-32
		The second New Orleans (CA-32), formerly CL 32, was laid down 14 March 1931 by New York Navy Yard, launched 12 April 1933; sponsored by Miss Cora S. Jahncke, daughter of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and commissioned 15 February 1934, Captain Allen B. Reed in command.
		New Orleans exercised off New England into 1935 then visited her namesake eity while en route to join Cruiser Division 6 in operations in the eastern Pacific for over a year.
		New Orleans guarded her carriers as they joined in the great Battle for Leyte Gulf, first attacking the Japanese Southern Force 24 October, then raiding the Center Force in the Sibuyan Sea, and next destroying the Japanese Northern Force of decoy carriers in the Battle off Cape Engailo.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/cruiser/NewOrleans2.html (1651 words)

	USS KIDD DD-661 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		NEW ORLEANS and CHIPPEWA were laid down in January of 1815 at Sackett's Harbor, Lake Ontario, New York, under terms of a contract let on December 15, 1814, to Henry Eckford and Adam and Noah Brown.
		USS LEXINGTON (CV-2) was mortally wounded and NEW ORLEANS stood by, her men diving overboard to rescue survivors and her boat crews closing the burning carrier, oblivious to the dangers of flying debris and exploding ordnance as they saved 580 of LEXINGTON's crew who were then landed at Noumea.
		NEW ORLEANS, veteran of the battle that halted Japan's expansion southward, had now played a significant role protecting her carrier in the great victory that turned back Japan's eastward movement and heavily crippled her naval air arm in a decisive battle.
	www.usskidd.com /ussneworleans.html (4145 words)

	New Orleans Class (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The New Orleans Class was introduced as a counterpart to the large Nebula and Galaxy Class starships.
		The USS New Orleans made her maiden flight in 2363 and was formally commissioned in 2364.
		When the Borg launched their invasion of the Federation in 2365 five ships of the New Orleans class were in service; three of these managed to reach Wolf 359 in time to join the fleet which engaged the Borg in that system.
	www.bravofleet.net /avalon/starship-neworleans.htm (1056 words)

	Naval History/USS New Orleans
		The first New Orleans, a protected cruiser, was laid down in 1895 as Amazonas for the Brazilian Navy by Armstrong, Mitchell and Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne, England; launched 4 December 1896, purchased by the U.S. Navy while building 16 March 1898: and commissioned 18 March 1898 at Gravesend, England, Lt. Comdr.
		After joining in the bombardment of the batteries at the entrance to the harbor 6 and 16 June, New Orleans sailed to coal at Key West, and was thus absent during the Battle of Santiago 3 July.
		New Orleans escorted convoys from New York City to ocean rendezvous with destroyer escorts off the British Isles and the French coast until 16 January 1918, when she cleared New York for the Asiatic Station.
	www.multied.com /Navy/cruiser/NewOrleans.html (533 words)

	USS New Orleans (LPH 11)
		USS NEW ORLEANS was laid down on March 1, 1966 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
		In May of 1971, NEW ORLEANS made her second Western Pacific appearance, conducting various contingency exercises, a multi-national cruising exercise simulating a convoy under combat conditions, and a simulated assault with the Marines on the island of Mindoro, Republic of the Philippines.
		In September of 1993, NEW ORLEANS deployed on her fifteenth WESTPAC cruise where she participated in Exercise Valiant Usher '93 and was a member of the Amphibious Ready Group that conducted operations in support of Operation Restore Hope at Mogadishu, Somalia.
	navysite.de /lph/lph11.htm (1227 words)

	LPD 18 : USS New Orleans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		New Orleans is the scene of Andrew Jackson's great victory at the close of the War of 1812 [after the Treaty of Paris was signed, but before the news reached America], in which small naval forces under Commodore David Patterson played a large role.
		New Orleans also was the scene of a key naval action in the Civil War, in which Admiral David Farragut opened the southern Mississippi to Union forces.
		New Orleans served two tours of Asiatic service and one in the eastern Pacific up to 1917, when World War I requirements called her to the Atlantic.
	www.pms317.navy.mil /ships/lpd18.asp (915 words)

	USS New Orleans Decommissioning Page
		NEW ORLEANS began her space career on February 9, 1971, when she recovered the Apollo 14 command module and astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Ed Mitchell 900 miles south of American Samoa in the South Pacific.
		NEW ORLEANS' Hollywood career ended in May of 1997, after the crew participated in the filming of the TV movie tentatively titled "A Thousand Men and a Baby." The movie is based on a true story about a U. Navy ship that recovered and cared for an infant during the Korean War.
		NEW ORLEANS has excelled in every endeavor; her many accomplishments are a tribute to the fine Navy and Marine Corps Team that has served with her so well.
	members.cox.net /starboard/NOBOAT/NOBOAT.html (2619 words)

	USN Ships--USS New Orleans (CA-32)
		USS New Orleans, name ship of a class of seven heavy cruisers of approximately 10,000 tons' standard displacement, was built at the New York Navy Yard.
		Back in the south Pacific, she screened USS Saratoga during the early August 1942 invasion of Guadalcanal and Tulagi, the Battle of the Eastern Solomons later in that month, and while Saratoga was out of the combat area for repairs after she was torpedoed in late August.
		USS New Orleans was sold for scrapping in September 1959, after a dozen years in the Reserve Fleet.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-n/ca32.htm (1035 words)

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		NEW ORLEANS sailed 28 May, screening ENTERPRISE (CV-6), to surprise the Japanese in the Battle of Midway.
		Again NEW ORLEANS replenished at Pearl Harbor, sailing 7 July to rendezvous off Fiji for the invasion of the Solomons during which she screened SARATOGA (CV-3).
		In aerial attacks that day, the new LEXINGTON (CV-16), namesake of the carrier whose men NEW ORLEANS had pulled from the Coral Sea, was torpedoed, and NEW ORLEANS guarded her successful retirement to repairs at Pearl Harbor, arriving 9 December.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/cruisers/cl32.txt (1634 words)

	New York Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Four of New York City's five boroughs are on the three islands at the mouth of the Hudson River: Manhattan Island, Staten Island, and Long Island.
		"Upstate" is a common term for New York State north of the New York City metropolitan area; but many of those outside of the NYC metropolitan area find the term demeaning because it is emblematic of the cultural and demographic divide which separates the two areas, one rural and conservative, the other urban and liberal.
		New York is home to more of America's Jews (25% of their national total), Muslims (24%), Taoists (26%), and Greek Orthodox (17%) than any other state.
	www.alienartifacts.com /encyclopedia/New_York (2863 words)

	USS New Orleans 1:350 Scale Model (Classic Warships) by Quinn Bracken (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		My Grandfather served in the USS New Orleans (CA-32) from the time he first joined the Navy in June 1940, up until late November 1942, when the New Orleans got its bow shot off up to the base of turret #2 by a Japanese Torpedo and subsequent Magazine explosion, at the Battle of Tassafaronga.
		During that time, he was involved in everything from the Pearl Harbor attack, the Battle of the Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, etc. After the New Orleans returned Stateside for a new bow, my Grandpa then served the rest of the war on the USS Essex (CV-9).
		New Orleans had an unusual arrangement at the time of the Battle of Tassafaronga in that she retained her original 1.1 in.
	www.steelnavy.com /NewOrleans350Bracken.htm (451 words)

	PEO Ships - November 2004 News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		New Orleans is 684 feet in length, has an overall beam of 105 feet, a navigational draft of 23 feet and displaces approximately 24,900 tons.
		The heavy cruiser USS New Orleans (CA-32) participated in 17 major operations during World War II, from Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 to the invasion of Okinawa in 1945.
		New Orleans will ensure that sea warriors can successfully execute their expeditionary warfare missions throughout the first half of the 21st century.
	peoships.crane.navy.mil /news/newsnov04-02.htm (617 words)

	USS New Orleans (CL-22)
		The first USS New Orleans (later designated PG-34 then CL-22) was a United States Navy protected cruiser.
		She arrived Philadelphia 20 October for the Peace Jubilee, then prepared at New York to launch her peacetime service with a visit to New Orleans 16-29 May 1899.
		She reached Yokohama from Honolulu and Panama 13 March, cruised to China, and the Philippines, and from 17 July to 20 December 1919 was station ship at Vladivostok, Russia supporting the Allied force in Siberia.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/uss_new_orleans__cl_22_ (652 words)

	2nd US Cav
		The USS New Orleans joined the Hawaiian Detachment on 12 October 1939 for exercises, training, and, as war drew close, vigilant patrol.
		In aerial attacks that day the new Lexington, namesake of the carrier whose men New Orleans had pulled from the Coral Sea, was torpedoed, and New Orleans guarded her successful retirement to repairs at Pearl Harbor, arriving 9 December 1943.
		New Orleans guarded her carriers as they joined in the great Battle for Leyte Gulf, first attacking the Japanese Southern Force 24 October 1944, then raiding the Center Force in the Sibuyan Sea, and next destroying the Japanese Northern Force of decoy carriers in the Battle off Cape Engaño.
	uk.msnusers.com /2ndUSCav/new11.msnw (1535 words)

	uss new orleans : discover mouthwatering deals on uss new orleans
		USS NEW ORLEANS History: USS NEW ORLEANS was laid down on March 1, 1966 at the Philadelphia...
		USS NEW ORLEANS (CA-32) Although undamaged during the attack, New Orleans became famous for a phrase spoken by her Chaplain, Howell Forgy.
		USS NEW ORLEANS was laid down on March 1, 1966 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard...
	www.cheaphotelsdeals.com /neworleanshotels/uss-new-orleans.html (271 words)

	USS New Orleans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Although undamaged during the attack, New Orleans became famous for a phrase spoken by her Chaplain, Howell Forgy.
		When New Orleans' power failed, rendering her ammunition hoists inoperable, Forgy boosted morale amongst the crew.
		Passing out apples and oranges, he told the human chain that was passing shells and powder to the guns that they couldn't have church that sunday, but they should "praise the Lord and pass the ammunition".
	www.ibiblio.org /phha/New_Orleans.html (79 words)

	USS New Orleans Commissioned in Namesake City
		070310-N-3429E-002 NEW ORLEANS (March 10, 2007) — Marines from 14th Marine Artillery Detachment fire a 19-gun salute in honor of the U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.) during arrival honors for the commissioning of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18).
		Sen. Vitter served as the guest speaker of the commissioning of New Orleans Saturday, March 10, 2007.
		New Orleans Arrives At Homeport San Diego - 5/3/2007
	www.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=28240&page=2 (658 words)

	LPD-18 New Orleans
		New Orleans, the second of 12 planned San Antonio class ships, will initially be homeported in San Diego.
		USS New Orleans, when it arrives in the Fleet in 2005, will be the first of five LPD 17’s that will eventually call Naval Station San Diego home.
		New Orleans was the site of a key naval action in the Civil War, in which Adm. David Farragut opened the southern Mississippi to Union forces.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/lpd-18.htm (1180 words)

	Latinos & WWII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Navy assigned him to the USS New Orleans, docked in Bremerton, Wash., in preparation for a trip to Pearl Harbor.
		According to historical accounts of the New Orleans' battle experiences, the ship's power went out during the attack, and her engineers worked by flashlight to restore power, while the sailors aimed at the Japanese planes with rifles and pistols.
		The fuel line on the USS New Orleans was severed, and all but auxiliary battery power was lost, according to a letter from J.G. Atkins, the commanding officer.
	utexas.edu /projects/latinoarchives/narratives/07Tenorio_Arthur.html (1444 words)

	FSD : New Orleans-class (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Classified as frigates, the New Orleans-class is similar to the Galaxy-class in design, only much smaller.
		Destroyed by the Borg Cube at the battle of Wolf 359 in 2367.
		Commanded by Captain Tryla Scott, met with the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D at Dytallix B in 2364 when an unknown alien intelligence attempted to take over Starfleet Command.
	www.lcarscom.net /fsd/starships/neworleans.html (250 words)

	Maritime Museum \| City of North Little Rock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		NEW ORLEANS (June 16, 2004) — The USS Razorback, the longest serving submarine in the world, continues its American Homecoming this week, nearing the mouth of the Mississippi River for a Saturday event at Julia Street Wharf in New Orleans.
		The USS Razorback will resume its trek up the Mississippi and Arkansas Rivers early next week and is scheduled to arrive at her new home in North Little Rock by late July.
		Commissioned in 1944, the USS Razorback is the last operational submarine present in Tokyo Bay to take part in the formal surrender of Japan on Sept. 2, 1945, officially ending WWII.
	www.northlr.org /maritime-museum/Press-Room/news-releases/NewOrleans (475 words)

	New Orleans class - Memory Alpha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The New Orleans-class frigate was a type of Federation vessel in operation in the 24th century.
		At least one ship of this class, the USS Kyushu was present at the Battle of Wolf 359 in 2367.
		The New Orleans model was built by Ed Miarecki for the Wolf 359 graveyard scene in "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II".
	www.memory-alpha.org /en/index.php/New_Orleans_class (153 words)

	Navy aerial reconnaissance. Heavy cruiser with scout aircraft on catapault. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The USS New Orleans was the next heavy cruiser built for the U.S. Navy after the USS Augusta.
		New Orleans did not serve at TORCH but is shown here because she provides a good view of the neat little SOC aircraft on the catapault, amidships, aft of the second stack.
		New Orleans and her six sister ships fought the war in the Pacific.
	www.daileyint.com /wwii/picwar1a.htm (278 words)

	LPH-11 New Orleans
		The third New Orleans was laid down 1 March 1966 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, P hiladelphia, Pa.; launched 3 February 1968 sponsored by Mrs.
		While deployed, the New Orleans ARG participated in Exercises Infinite Moonlight 95, in Jordan; Eager Mace 96-1, in Kuwait, and Neon Falcon in Bahrain.
		The first stop for the New Orleans ARG was Okinawa, Japan, where they exercised the Navy/Marine Corps team's ability to project combat power ashore.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/lph-11.htm (969 words)

	USS Iwo Jima
		The U.S.S. Iwo Jima Association was formed in March of 2000 at the first reunion in Mobile, Alabama where attendees were guests at the christening of the U.S.S IWO JIMA (LHD-7).
		The 2006 reunion will include former crewmembers from the USS Okinawa and the USS New Orleans and will be located at the Radisson Hotel in Jacksonville, FL on 18-22 October 2006.
		We are inviting all former crew members and embarked Marines who served on the Okinawa and New Orleans to become Association Members and attend the reunions.
	www.megalink.net /~yujack/sigh/iwo/iwo.htm (404 words)

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