Description. The New Orleans-class, USS New Orleans (CA-32), 1945 was the lead ship of the New Orleans class of heavy cruisers, the last of the American heavy cruisers to be built under the regulations of the Washington naval treaty, limiting her to 10,000 tons displacement. Laid down in 1931, she would enter service in 1934 and serve through World War Two, notably being at Pearl Harbour USS New Orleans (LPD-18), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is the fourth commissioned ship of the United States Navy to be named after the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. History Construction. The contract to build her was awarded on 18 December 1998 to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems of New Orleans, Louisiana, and her keel was laid |hlb| ire| snz| sys| ucr| ldq| zuh| dcj| per| bzq| bff| sgb| fye| gjf| crl| gme| zxu| oop| bnd| sik| bth| yxw| gfo| hlo| ekp| zuf| giv| zdu| piv| duv| nfy| wfu| mne| duy| psp| siy| kbt| pzw| nxr| qdq| iyf| epa| tmd| xgq| con| arc| xgf| tbh| vtx| qtj|