USS New Orleans

What might have been the first New Orleans was never launched. During the War of 1812 there was a ship building race on Lake Ontario (at that time isolated from the sea), and Henry Eckford[?] laid down a 130-gun ship of the line. Peace brought a end to the construction, and the partial hull was sold on the stocks in 1883.

• The first New Orleans (CL-22) was a protected cruiser, purchased in 1898, that was active in the Spanish-American War and World War I.

• The second New Orleans (CA-32) was a cruiser commissioned in 1934 and seeing much service in World War II.

• The third New Orleans (LPH-11)[?] was an amphibious assault ship commissioned in 1968. She was a recovery ship for the Apollo program and was used in the filming of the movie Apollo 13.

• The fourth New Orleans (LPD-18) is a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock that was launched in 2003.

The Confederate States of America also had a floating gun battery on the Mississippi River named CSS New Orleans[?].