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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.
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.
The New Orleans-class design was a test bed for innovations in cruiser design, and there were three distinct designs within the class. Originally called the Astoria class, the class was renamed after USS Astoria was sunk and the surviving ships of the class underwent substantial reconstruction. Design #1: New Orleans, Astoria, and Minneapolis.
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 ...
Chippewa-class. USS Chippewa (laid down 1815, never completed) [1] USS New Orleans (laid down 1815, never completed) [1] USS ...
USS New Orleans (later designated PG-34 then CL-22) was a United States Navy protected cruiser of the New Orleans class.. She was laid down in 1895 as Amazonas for the Brazilian Navy by Armstrong, Mitchell and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, launched on 4 December 1896, purchased by the U.S. Navy while building on 16 March 1898; and commissioned 18 March 1898 at Gravesend, England.
USS New Orleans (1815), was a ship-of-the-line laid down in January 1815 but her construction was halted and she remained on the stocks, housed over, until sold in September 1883; USS New Orleans (CL-22), was a New Orleans-class (1896) protected cruiser commissioned in 1898, decommissioned in 1922, and served during both the Spanish–American ...
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 ...