USS New Orleans (LPH-11)
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USS New Orleans 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
USS New Orleans in 1988
New Orleans during Operation End Sweep off Hai Phong Port, 1973.
USS New Orleans underway with a complement of CH-53 Sea Stallion and CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters lining the flight deck.
USS New Orleans flight deck.
Apollo 14
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Apollo 14 was the eighth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program operated by NASA, the third to land on the Moon, and the first to land in the lunar highlands. It was the last of the "H mis
USS New Orleans (LPH-11)
…for president Richard Nixon's visit to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and made a port call to Acapulco. Then, in late 1970, she prepared for the recovery of Apollo 14. On 9 February 1971, she picked up astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell some 900 miles (1,450 km) south of American Samoa. In May…
Alan Shepard and the American flag on the Moon, Apollo 14, February 1971 (photo by Edgar Mitchell)
Stuart Roosa, Alan Shepard, Edgar MitchellApollo program← Apollo 13Apollo 15 →
Shepard in front of the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle, flown to simulate the landing
Shepard (left) and Mitchell during geological training