USS_New_Orleans_(LPD-18)
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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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_conducts_operations_in_preparation_for_an_underway_replenishment.jpg) USS New Orleans on 2 July 2009 | |
| History | |
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 United States | |
| 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 |
| Home port | Sasebo |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Victory From the Sea |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge | _crest.png) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock |
| Displacement | 24,433 tons full |
| Length |
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| Beam |
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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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| Aircraft carried | Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two MV-22 "Osprey" tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously. |
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