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| Keywords: US Navy 070310-N-9909C-003 Retired Chief Radioman Jesse Walker and his wife watch the commissioning of the Navy's newest warship, the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) Saturday, March 10, 2007.jpg en NEW ORLEANS March 10 2007 Retired Chief Radioman Jesse Walker and his wife watch the commissioning of the Navy's newest warship the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans LPD 18 Saturday March 10 2007 Walker was serving aboard the heavy cruiser USS New Orleans CA 32 during the attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequently during the heavy cruisers service in the Pacific throughout the remainder of World War II New Orleans is the second of the San Antonio class ship and the fourth ship to bear the name New Orleans As a critical element in future expeditionary strike groups the ship will support the Marine Corps mobility triad which consists of the LCAC landing craft air cushion the expeditionary fighting vehicle and the Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft MV-22 The ship also provides improved warfighting capabilities including an advanced command-and-control suite increased lift-capacity in vehicle and cargo-carrying capability and advanced ship-survivability features The ship holds the distinction of being the only ship in recent naval history built and commissioned in its namesake city USS New Orleans will be homeported in San Diego Calif U S Navy photo by Cmdr Jane Campbell RELEASED 2007-03-10 070310-N-9909C-003 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 43810 U S Navy photo by Cmdr Jane Campbell PD-USGov-Military-Navy Commissioning of USS New Orleans LPD-18 Veterans of the United States | ||||
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