sinking of the uss new orleans (lph-11) in joint-forces gunnery exercise off hawaii in 2010
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Sinking of the USS New Orleans (LPH-11) by naval gunfire in a joint-services exercise. If you've never seen naval "shots fired in anger", you'll find this interesting.TRANSCRIPT
End of an Era:
The Navy ship I served on, the USS New Orleans, (LPH-11), was recently sunk off Hawaii as the target of a gunnery exercise.
Here’s seven photos taken by an observer.
If you’ve never seen naval “shots fired in anger”, you might find this interesting.
It took a whole bunch of ordinance to take the “old girl” down.
OUCH!
SMOKIN’!
OW! OW! OW!
STARTIN’ TO FADE!
UH OH!
GOING, GOING …
BYE, BYE!