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On 9 January 2009, New Orleans departed San Diego on her initial deployment, as part of a five-ship expeditionary strike group (ESG) that also included USS Boxer and USS Comstock. The Boxer ESG and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit included more than 4,000 sailors and marines.
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 ...
USS New Orleans (LPH-11) USS Anchorage (LSD-36) USS Mount Vernon (LSD-39) A U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A from VFA-87 dropping Mk 82 bombs during a sortie in the 1991 Gulf War. The U.S. Navy aircraft carriers USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and USS Saratoga (CV-60) underway, probably during the 1991 Gulf War in the Red Sea.
Expeditionary Strike Group SEVEN/Task Force 76 (Amphibious Force U.S. SEVENTH Fleet) is a United States Navy task force. ... USS New Orleans (LPD-18) USS ...
USS New Orleans (CL/CA-32) was the lead New Orleans-class cruiser in service with the United States Navy. The New Orleans -class cruisers were the last U.S. cruisers built to the specifications and standards of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.
In the early 1990s, the U.S. Navy introduced a new concept based on the ARG, the naval expeditionary task force or, as it is also known, the expeditionary strike group (ESG). The ESG is similar to the ARG except that with the ESG concept, the U.S. Navy would be able to deploy almost double the number of independent operational groups, from 19 ...
USS New Orleans (laid down 1815, never completed) [1] USS ... USS New Hampshire (launched as depot ship, 1864; training ship, 1892–1921) [1] [2] USS ...
Other elements of the force included USS Simpson (FFG-56), USS New Orleans (LPH-11), USS Denver (LPD-9), USS Comstock (LSD-45), USS Cayuga (LST-1186), and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit. USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) appears to have become the group flagship after America retired in 1996. On 23 September 2002, USS Hue City (CG-66) hosted the ...