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The collision occurred about 1:00 am local time (5:00 pm EST, 19 March 2009) as Hartford and New Orleans transited the Strait of Hormuz. The collision inflicted minor injuries on 15 sailors on Hartford and ruptured a fuel tank on New Orleans, spilling 25,000 US gal (95,000 L) of diesel fuel.
A week later, New Orleans sailed back into 7th Fleet and entered port on 25 July to visit Colombo, Sri Lanka. In this port, New Orleans had the opportunity to enhance US Navy bilateral ties with the Sri Lankan Navy, and exchange best practices on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR). The visit included several receptions, daily ...
On 20 March 2009 Hartford collided with amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans (LPD-18) in the Strait of Hormuz, slightly injuring 15 sailors on board. Both vessels were able to proceed under their own power after the incident, although the New Orleans suffered a ruptured fuel tank, releasing 25,000 gallons of diesel fuel into the strait. [5]
The San Antonio class is a class of amphibious transport docks, also called a "landing platform, dock" (LPD), used by the United States Navy.These warships replace the Austin-class LPDs (including Cleveland and Trenton sub-classes), as well as the Newport-class tank landing ships, the Anchorage-class dock landing ships, and the Charleston-class amphibious cargo ships that have already been ...
USS New Orleans: LPD-18 San Antonio: Amphibious transport dock: 5 March 2007: San Diego, CA [162] USS New York: LPD-21 San Antonio: Amphibious transport dock: 7 November 2009: Mayport, FL [163] USS Newport News: SSN-750 Los Angeles: Attack submarine: 3 June 1989: Norfolk, VA [164] Scheduled to be decommissioned 2026 [8] USS Nimitz: CVN-68 ...
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 ...
The weather service in New Orleans said during a 9 p.m. briefing that water was entering homes and businesses across St. Charles Parish, getting close to that in St. John the Baptist Parish, and ...
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