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Branson Tri-Lakes news
April 19, 2018
He served his country in the United States Navy, 1967-1977 in Vietnam on the USS New Orleans during three tours of duty. He was preceded in death by his parents and one son, Jeffery Drew Payne. Survivors include his wife, Shirley Payne, of Nixa; daughters, Deborah S. Wade and husband Tommy,Ãâà...
GOPUSA
April 12, 2018
“Well,” the lieutenant told an interviewer after the war, “I was on the USS New Orleans and we were tied up at 1010 dock when we were attacked. We were having a turbine lifted and all our electrical power was out, and so when we went to lift the ammunition by the hoist, we had to form lines of men — formÃâà...
Wicked Local
April 6, 2018
When an expedition funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen found the remains of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington CV-2 at the bottom of the Coral Sea last month, Cecil Wiswell couldn't look at all of the pictures. “That was very exciting for me,” he said of the discovery of the ship that went down fightingÃâà...
smallwarsjournal
March 9, 2018
In many cases, what was being attempted with drones was, literally, a bridge too far. After the Vietnam War, the Navy continued to experiment with unmanned systems. In the 1980s, I was involved with testing Pioneer unmanned aircraft launched and recovered from USS New Orleans (LPH-11). Sadly, the technology wasÃâà...
ChristianityToday.com
February 13, 2018
First, during my third year of law school I toured the USS New Orleans (LPH-11), a huge amphibious warship. I was smitten by the ship and decided to apply for a Navy Officer's Commission upon graduation. I had become enchanted with the Navy's recruiting slogan of “It's not just a job, it's an adventure.
Newscenter1.tv
February 9, 2018
However, the mission was unforgettable for Rapid City native and Alderman Ritchie Nordstrom, who at the time was a boatswain's mate, third class on the U.S.S. New Orleans (LPH-11). The New Orleans received orders to pick up the astronauts when they returned from the moon. Some of the New Orleans'Ãâà...
The Maritime Executive
January 27, 2018
NASA engineers worked alongside Sailors from the Anchorage, the amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans (LPD 18), Special Boat Team 12 and Navy divers from Explosive Ordinance Disposal Mobile Unit 3 to test recovery operations of the Orion test article. Tests were conducted in varying seaÃâà...
USNI News
January 22, 2018
On March 20, 2009, nuclear attack submarine USS Hartford (SSN-768) was traveling at periscope depth in the Strait of Hormuz and collided with amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans (LPD-18). According to a Navy press release at the time, Hartford's sail, periscope and bow plane were damaged inÃâà...
We Are The Mighty (blog)
January 18, 2018
The U.S.S. Hartford is a Los Angeles class Navy submarine that had a date with destiny in the form of a San Antonio class amphibious transport dock ship, the U.S.S. New Orleans. After 63 days at sea, it would seem that the crew of the Hartford had had enough and decided to break up the monotony with aÃâà...
We Are The Mighty (blog)
January 18, 2018
The U.S.S. Hartford is a Los Angeles class Navy submarine that had a date with destiny in the form of a San Antonio class amphibious transport dock ship, the U.S.S. New Orleans. After 63 days at sea, it would seem that the crew of the Hartford had had enough and decided to break up the monotony with aÃâà...
We Are The Mighty (blog)
August 24, 2017
Sailors aboard the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Hartford (SSN 768) wait for the brow to be lowered during the ships return home to Submarine Base New London after a month-long surface transit from Bahrain in 2009. The sub's sail is askew as a result of her collision with USS New Orleans (LPD 18).
NPR
June 19, 2017
When the fast attack submarine USS Hartford collided with the amphibious transport USS New Orleans in 2009, discipline on the sub was lax, the Navy later found. The Hartford's captain never came into the control room during the transit through the crowded Strait of Hormuz. The navigator was in theÃâà...
Albuquerque Journal
May 28, 2017
Herman, at the urging of this family, recently applied for and received the medals he earned during his service on the USS New Orleans. ... More than 71 years ago, J.W. “Joe” Herman, watertender first class, disembarked from the heavy cruiser USS New Orleans at Philadelphia and put World War II astern.
NBC 7 San Diego
February 22, 2017
USS New Orleans (LPD 18), the San Diego-based amphibious transport dock ship, will be the first to dock at the 950-foot floating repair facility. The ship is scheduled to begin docking at 7 p.m. Thursday, with the process expected to take about five hours, BAE Systems said. The new dry dock is located atÃâà...
Naval Technology
November 14, 2016
BAE Systems has been contracted by the US Navy to upgrade its San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship, USS New Orleans (LPD 18). The $36.7m contract includes options, which if exercised will bring the total contract value to $51.5m. Under the contract, BAE Systems will carry out structuralÃâà...
USNI News
December 10, 2015
No one was injured when an MV-22B tiltrotor aircraft with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit experienced a “landing mishap” on the deck of transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD-18) on Wednesday afternoon, a spokesman said Wednesday night. The Osprey was carrying 22 passengers along with aÃâà...
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