Thanks for the Info, when I was lookin at the flick I was wonderin were the two big guns fwd of what ever ya called it went. Different boat explains it. Are the Trip and New Orleans still around or have they been decommissioned also? The Iwo seamed like an old ship back in 71'
Are the Trip and New Orleans still around or have they been decommissioned also? The Tripoli was decommissioned in September, 1995 and the New Orleans was decommissioned in October, 1997.
An interesting side note, the new USS New Orleans (LPD-18), Amphibious Transport Dock, is currently under construction at the Avondale Industries shipyard down in New Orleans. Of course, with the mess New Orleans is in now, I'm not so sure.