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{{Short description|New Orleans class heavy cruiser (1933–1959)}}
{{Other ships|USS New Orleans}}
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|Ship caption= USS ''New Orleans'' (CA-32), steams through a tight turn in [[Elliott Bay]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], on 30 July 1943, following battle damage repairs and overhaul at the [[Puget Sound Navy Yard]]. 
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|Ship name=''New Orleans''
|Ship namesake=City of [[New Orleans]], Louisiana
|Ship ordered= 13 February 1929
|Ship awarded=*12 July 1929 (date assigned to ship yard)
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|Ship builder=[[New York Navy Yard|Brooklyn Navy Yard]], [[Brooklyn, New York]]
|Ship original cost= $12,000,000 (limit of price)
|Ship laid down= 14 March 1931
|Ship launched= 12 April 1933
|Ship sponsor= Miss Cora S. Jahncke
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|Ship decommissioned= 10 February 1947
|Ship reclassified= CA-32, 1 July 1931
|Ship struck=1 March 1959
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*[[International Code of Signals|Code letters]]: NABJ
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*[[File:American Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|40px]] [[American Defense Service Medal]]
*[[File:American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|40px]] [[American Campaign Medal]]
*[[File:Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|40px]] [[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]]
*[[File:World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|40px]] [[World War II Victory Medal]]
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|Ship capacity=Fuel oil: 1,650 tons
|Ship complement=96 officers 819 enlisted
|Ship armament=*9 × [[8"/55 caliber gun|{{convert|8|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}/55]] [[caliber (artillery)|caliber]] guns (3x3)
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'''USS ''New Orleans'' (CL/CA-32)''' was the lead {{sclass|New Orleans|cruiser}} in service with the [[United States Navy]]. The ''New Orleans''-class cruisers were the last U.S. cruisers built to the specifications and standards of the [[Washington Naval Treaty]] of 1922.  Such ships, with a limit of {{cvt|10000|LT|0|lk=in}} standard displacement and {{convert|8|in|0|adj=on|abbr=off}} calibre main guns may be referred to as "treaty cruisers." Originally classified a [[light cruiser]], because of her thin armor, she was reclassified, soon after being laid down, a [[heavy cruiser]], because of her 8-inch guns. The term "heavy cruiser" was not defined until the [[London Naval Treaty]] in 1930.

==Inter-war period==
''New Orleans'' keel was laid on 14 March 1931, at the [[New York Navy Yard]], commonly known as the Brooklyn Navy Yard.  The ship was launched on 12 April 1933, sponsored by [[Cora S. Jahncke]], a native of [[New Orleans]], Louisiana, and daughter of [[Ernest L. Jahncke]], a civil engineer and president of the [[Jahncke Shipbuilding Co.]] in New Orleans.  Jahncke had served as [[Assistant Secretary of the Navy]] in the administration of [[President of the United States|President]] [[Herbert Hoover]], returning to private life in March 1933 with the inauguration of President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]].  ''New Orleans'' was commissioned at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on 15 February 1934, with [[Captain (United States O-6)|Captain]] [[Allen B. Reed]] as the first commander.  Attending the commissioning ceremonies were [[Rear Admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] [[Yates Stirling Jr.]], Commandant of the New York Naval Yard and former Assistant Navy Secretary Jahncke.  Among ''New Orleans''{{'}} [[junior officer]] [[plankowner]]s in 1934, were Jahncke's son, Ensign E.L. Jahncke Jr. and Ensign T.H. Moorer, who as [[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]] [[Thomas H. Moorer]] was [[Chief of Naval Operations]] (CNO) from 1967 to 1970 and [[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs]] of Staff from 1970 to 1974.

Under Captain Reed's command that ended on 30 August 1935, ''New Orleans'' made a [[shakedown cruise|shakedown]] [[Transatlantic crossing]] to [[Great Britain]] and [[Scandinavia]] in May and June 1934.  ''New Orleans'' made ports of call and was greeted by thousands at [[Stockholm]], Sweden, [[Copenhagen]], Denmark, [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands and [[Portsmouth, England]], returning to New York on 28 June. On 5 July, ''New Orleans'' sailed to [[Balboa, Panama]], the western entrance to the [[Panama Canal]] to rendez-vous with the heavy cruiser {{USS|Houston|CA-30|2}}, carrying President Roosevelt, on a nearly {{cvt|12000|nmi}}. cruise to [[Hawaii]] and an exercise with the United States Airship {{USS|Macon|ZRS-5|2}} and her aircraft off the California coast.

''New Orleans'' reached [[Honolulu]], Hawaii, on 26 July 1934, and [[Astoria, Oregon]], on 2 August, where the cruise ended. ''New Orleans'' sailed at once for [[Panama]] and [[Cuba]], stopping at [[San Pedro, Los Angeles]], on 7 August 1934. She exercised off [[New England]] into 1935, then visited her namesake city at the end of March while en route to join [[United States Fleet]] [[Scouting Force]] [[Cruiser Division 6]] (CruDiv 6) based out of San Pedro, and operating along the coast of California and the eastern Pacific. ''New Orleans'' was open for public viewing while visiting the [[New Orleans, Louisiana|"Crescent City"]] and thousands of citizens visited the ship during the time she was berthed there.  Shortly after arriving at San Pedro, the cruiser participated in [[Fleet problem]] XVI from 29 April to 10 June.  It was the largest mock battle ever staged and conducted in five separate stages over five million square miles of the North Central Pacific between [[Midway Atoll|Midway]], Hawaii, and the [[Aleutian Islands]], involving 321 vessels and 70,000 men. In June ''New Orleans'' visited [[San Diego, California|San Diego]] for the first-ever [[Fleet Week]], one of 114 American warships in the "mightiest fleet ever assembled under the U.S. flag" for the [[California Pacific International Exposition]].

''New Orleans'' returned to the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York where she was dry-docked for maintenance from 20 August to 7 December 1936.  Early in 1937, she was once more in the Pacific. Aside from winter training in the [[Caribbean]] early in 1939, she served out of California ports until joining the [[Hawaiian Detachment]] on 12 October 1939, for exercises, training, and, as war drew close, vigilant patrol.

==World War II==

===Attack on Pearl Harbor===
Moored in [[Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941, ''New Orleans'' was taking power and light from the dock, her engines under repair. With yard power out during the attack, ''New Orleans''{{'}} engineers began to raise steam, working by flashlight, while on deck men fired on the [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]ese attackers with rifles and pistols. The crew was forced to break the locks on the ammunition ready boxes as the keys couldn't be located, and because the ship was taking power from the dock, the [[5"/25 caliber gun|5"/25 cal AA gun]] had to be aimed and fired manually. The gunners topside were ducking machine gun bullets and [[Shrapnel shell|shrapnel]], training their guns manually, as they had no ammunition other than the few shells in their ready boxes. The ammunition hoists did not have power, making it nearly impossible to get more ammunition topside to the gun crews. The {{convert|54|lb|kg|abbr=on}} shells had to be pulled up the powerless hoists by ropes attached to their metal cases. Every man with no specific job at the moment formed ammunition lines to get the shells to the guns. A number of her crew were injured when a [[fragmentation bomb]] exploded close aboard. ''New Orleans'' suffered no severe damage during the attack.

===1942===
Before having the engine work complete at Pearl Harbor, the cruiser convoyed troops to [[Palmyra Atoll]] and [[Johnston Atoll]] operating on only three of her four engines; she then returned to San Francisco on 13 January 1942 for engineering repairs and installation of new search radar and 20&nbsp;mm guns. She sailed on 12 February, commanding the escort for a troop convoy to [[Brisbane]]; from Australia she screened a convoy to [[Nouméa]], and returned to Pearl Harbor to join Task Force 11 (TF 11).

====Battle of Coral Sea====
TF 11 [[sortie]]d on 15 April to join the {{USS|Yorktown|CV-5|2}} task force southwest of the [[New Hebrides]]. It was this joint force, together with a cruiser-destroyer group, which won the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]] on 7–8 May, driving back a southward thrust of the Japanese which threatened Australia and New Zealand and their seaborne life lines. In this battle {{USS|Lexington|CV-2|2}} was sunk and ''New Orleans'' stood by, her men diving overboard to rescue survivors and her boat crews closing the burning carrier, saving 580 of ''Lexington''{{'}}s crew who were subsequently landed at Nouméa. ''New Orleans'' then patrolled the eastern [[Solomon Islands|Solomons]] until sailing to replenish at Pearl Harbor.

====Battle of Midway====
''New Orleans'' sailed on 28 May, screening {{USS|Enterprise|CV-6|2}}, to surprise the Japanese in the [[Battle of Midway]]. On 2 June, she rendezvoused with the ''Yorktown'' force, and two days later joined battle. Three of the four Japanese carriers—''Akagi,'' ''Kaga,'' and ''Soryu''—were sunk by hits scored in [[dive bomber]] attacks. The fourth carrier, ''Hiryu,'' was found and wrecked later, but not before her dive bombers had damaged ''Yorktown'' so badly she had to be abandoned.

====Battle of the Eastern Solomons====
Again the ''New Orleans'' was replenished at Pearl Harbor, steaming out on 7 July to rendezvous off the [[Fiji Islands]] for the invasion of the Solomon Islands, during which she screened the {{USS|Saratoga|CV-3|2}}. Fighting off enemy air attacks on 24–25 August, the ''New Orleans'' aided the [[U.S. Marine Corps]] beachhead on [[Guadalcanal]], as a Japanese landing expedition was turned back in the [[Battle of the Eastern Solomons]]. At this point, ''New Orleans'' had been in the [[Coral Sea]] for two full months, and food began to run low. The crew went on half rations and Spam became the main course of every meal; eventually they ran out of rice. When the ''Saratoga'' was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine on 31 August, the ''New Orleans'' escorted her to Pearl Harbor, arriving on 21 September.

====Battle of Tassafaronga====
{{Main|Battle of Tassafaronga}}

With the repaired carrier, ''New Orleans'' sailed to Fiji early in November 1942, then proceeded to [[Espiritu Santo]], arriving on 27 November to return to action in the Solomons. With four other cruisers and six destroyers, she fought in the [[Battle of Tassafaronga]] on the night of 30 November, engaging a Japanese destroyer-transport force. When the flagship ''Minneapolis'' was struck by two torpedoes, ''New Orleans'', next astern, was forced to sheer away to avoid collision, and ran into the track of a torpedo, which detonated the ship's forward magazines and gasoline tanks. This explosion severed {{convert|150|ft|m|abbr=on}} of her bow just forward of turret No. 2. The severed bow, including Turret No. 1, swung around the port side and punched several holes in the length of ''New Orleans''{{'}} hull before sinking at the stern and damaging the port inboard propeller.<ref>Hornfischer, ''Neptune's Inferno,'' pp. 384-390</ref> With one quarter of her length gone, slowed to {{convert|2|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}}, and on fire. Everyone in turrets one and two perished, total of 183 men killed. Herbert Brown, a seaman in the ship's plotting room, described the scene after the torpedo hit:

"''I had to see. I walked alongside the silent turret two and was stopped by a lifeline stretched from the outboard port lifeline to the side of the turret. Thank God it was there, for one more step and I would have pitched head first into the dark water thirty feet below. The bow was gone. One hundred and twenty five feet of ship and number one main battery turret with three 8 inch guns were gone. Eighteen hundred tons of ship were gone. Oh my God, all those guys I went through boot camp with – all gone''" <ref>{{Cite book |last=Brown |first=Herbert C. |title=Hell at Tassafaronga: The History of the Heavy Cruiser New Orleans (CA 32) |publisher=Ancient Mariners Press LLC |year=2001 |isbn=9780970072146 |pages=134–135.}}</ref>

Damage control parties managed to repair the ship enough to sail to [[Tulagi]] Harbor near daybreak on 1 December.

The crew camouflaged their ship from air attack, jury-rigged a bow of coconut logs, and worked clearing away wreckage. Eleven days later, ''New Orleans'' sailed stern first, to avoid sinking, to [[Cockatoo Island Dockyard]] in Sydney, Australia, arriving on 24 December. At Cockatoo, the damaged propeller was replaced and other repairs were made including the installation of a temporary stub bow. On 7 March 1943, she left Sydney for [[Puget Sound Navy Yard]], sailing backward the entire voyage, where a new bow was fitted with the use of ''Minneapolis''{{'}} No. 2 Turret. All battle damage was repaired and she was given a major refit involving the reducing of the forward superstructure along the lines of other pre-war cruisers, adding new air-search and surface search radars, as well as numerous 20mm and 40mm ''Bofors'' anti-aircraft guns.  In addition, her boilers, machinery, and hull structures were overhauled to almost new condition.  She continued to sail with the back portion (aft) riveted and the front portion (bow) welded.
<gallery>
Image:NewOrleansTulagiBowMissing.jpg|''New Orleans'' with torpedo damage in Tulagi Harbor on 1 December 1942 after The Battle of Tassafaronga.
Image:Damages New Orleans Tassafaronga.jpg|Damage to ''New Orleans'' with everything ahead of Turret No. 2 missing after being hit by a single torpedo that detonated her forward magazines. Photographed after the Battle of Tassafaronga, which occurred on 30 November 1942.
Image:Survivors on PT boat after Tassafaronga.jpg|''New Orleans'' seen after the Battle of Tassafaronga near Tulagi on 1 December 1942. The PT boat in the foreground is carrying survivors from ''Northampton''.
Image:TassaNewOrleans.gif|''New Orleans'' under a camouflage net at Tulagi undergoing field repairs suffered in the Battle of Tassafaronga on 1 December 1942. Once field repairs were completed, ''New Orleans'' traveled to rear-area ports for further repairs.
Image:Titan lifting temporary bow to be welded to USS New Orleans.jpg|:[[Floating crane Titan|Titan]] lifting temporary bow to be welded ''New Orleans'' at Cockatoo Island Dockyard.
Image:False bow being fitted to USS New Orleans.jpg|False bow being fitted to ''New Orleans''.
Image:Temporary bow fitted to USS New Orleans.jpg|Temporary bow fitted to ''New Orleans'' to enable her return to the United States to repair damage sustained from torpedo damage at the Battle of Tassafaronga. The {{convert|8|in|mm|abbr=on}} guns have been removed from No. 2 Turret.
</gallery>

===1943===
Returning to Pearl Harbor on 31 August for combat training, ''New Orleans'' next joined a cruiser-destroyer force to bombard [[Wake Island]] on 5–6 October, repulsing a Japanese torpedo-plane attack. Her next sortie from Pearl Harbor came on 10 November when she sailed to fire precision bombardment in the [[Gilberts]] on 20 November, then to screen carriers striking the eastern [[Marshall Islands|Marshalls]] on 4 December. In aerial attacks that day, the new {{USS|Lexington|CV-16|2}}, namesake of the carrier whose men ''New Orleans'' had pulled from the Coral Sea, was torpedoed, and ''New Orleans'' guarded her successful retirement to repairs at Pearl Harbor, arriving on 9 December.

[[File:USS Salt Lake City (CA-25), USS Pensacola (CA-24) and USS New Orleans (CA-32) at Pearl Harbor on 31 October 1943.jpg|thumb|left|250px|{{sclass|Pensacola|cruiser|4}} cruisers {{USS|Salt Lake City|CA-25|2}} and {{USS|Pensacola|CA-24|2}}, with ''New Orleans'' (L to R), at Pearl Harbor in 1943]]

===1944===
From 29 January 1944, ''New Orleans'' fired on targets in the Marshalls, hitting air installations and shipping as the Navy took [[Kwajalein]]. She fueled at [[Majuro]], then sailed 11 February to join the fast carriers in a raid on [[Chuuk Lagoon|Truk]], Japanese bastion in the [[Caroline Islands|Carolines]] on 17–18 February. While air strikes were flown, ''New Orleans'', with other warships circled the atoll to catch escaping ships; the task force's combined gunfire sank a light cruiser, a destroyer, a trawler, and a [[submarine chaser]]. The force sailed on to hit the Marianas, then returned to Majuro and Pearl Harbor.

The carriers, with ''New Orleans'' in escort, attacked targets in the Carolines late in March, then in April, sailed south to support Allied landings at [[Jayapura|Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura)]], [[New Guinea]]. There on 22 April, a disabled {{USS|Yorktown|CV-10|2}} plane flew into ''New Orleans''{{'}} mainmast, hitting gun mounts as it fell into the sea. The ship was sprayed with gas as the plane exploded on hitting the water, one crew member was lost, another badly injured, but ''New Orleans'' continued in action, patrolling and plane guarding off New Guinea, then joining in further raids on Truk and [[Satawan]], which she bombarded on 30 April. She returned to Majuro on 4 May.

Preparations were made in the Marshalls for the invasion of the Marianas, for which ''New Orleans'' sortied from Kwajalein on 10 June. She bombarded [[Saipan]] on 15–16 June, then joined the screen protecting carriers as they prepared to meet the [[Japanese Mobile Fleet]] in the [[Battle of the Philippine Sea]].

''New Orleans'' made patrols and bombardments on Saipan and [[Tinian]] into August, returned to [[Eniwetok]] on the 13th, and sailed the 28th for carrier raids on the [[Bonins]], bombardments of [[Iwo Jima]] on 1–2 September, and direct air support for the invasion of the [[Palaus]]. After re-provisioning at [[Manus Island|Manus]], the task force assaulted [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]], [[Taiwan|Formosa]], and Northern [[Luzon]], destroying Japanese land-based aviation which otherwise would have threatened the landings on [[Leyte (island)|Leyte]] on 20 October.

''New Orleans'' was present during the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]], which started on 23 October. On 25 October, the Fast Carrier Strike Force had steamed north, to attack the Northern Force commanded by [[Jisaburō Ozawa]]. ''New Orleans'' again screened for the carriers, which sank or damaged several Japanese carriers. Task Force 34 was detached to finish off several of the crippled Japanese ships with gunfire; ''New Orleans'' and three other cruisers sank the light carrier {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Chiyoda||2}} and the destroyer {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Hatsuzuki||2}}.<ref>Rohwer, p. 366–367</ref><ref>Cressman, p. 267</ref>

===1945===
After replenishing at [[Ulithi]], ''New Orleans'' guarded carriers during raids throughout the Philippines in preparation for the invasion of [[Mindoro]], then late in December sailed for a [[Mare Island Navy Yard]] overhaul, followed by training in Hawaii. She returned to Ulithi on 18 April 1945, and two days later, departed to join [[Okinawa naval order of battle#Gunfire and Covering Force (Task Force 54)|Task Force 54]] (TF 54), in the ongoing [[Battle of Okinawa|invasion of Okinawa]], arriving at [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] on 23 April. Here, she engaged with shore batteries and fired directly against the enemy lines. After nearly two months on station, she sailed to replenish and repair in the Philippines, and was at [[U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay|Subic Bay]] when [[Victory over Japan Day|hostilities ceased]] in the [[Pacific War]].

==Post-war==
''New Orleans'' sailed on 28 August with a cruiser-destroyer force to ports of China and [[Korea]].  She covered the [[internment]] of Japanese ships at [[Qingdao|Tsingtao]], the evacuation of liberated Allied [[prisoners-of-war]], and the landing of troops in Korea and China. She sailed on 17 November from the mouth of the [[Peking River]] ([[Hai He]]), carrying veterans homeward bound.  More returning troops came aboard at the [[U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo|Sasebo U.S. Fleet Activities base]], and all were disembarked at San Francisco 8 December. After similar duty took her to [[Guam]] in January 1946, she sailed through the Panama Canal for a 10-day visit to her namesake city. She then steamed to [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]], arriving on 12 March. There, she was decommissioned on 10 February 1947 and lay in reserve until struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 1 March 1959 and sold for scrapping on 22 September to [[Boston Metals Company]], [[Baltimore]], Maryland.

==Awards==

* [[File:American Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|106px]] [[American Defense Service Medal]]
* [[File:American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|106px]] [[American Campaign Medal]]
*{{ribbon devices|number=17|type=service-star|name=Asiatic-Pacific Campaign ribbon|width=106}} [[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]] with 17 [[battle star]]s
* [[File:World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|106px]] [[World War II Victory Medal]]

The 17 [[battle star]]s ''New Orleans'' received for her World War II service placed her among the [[Most decorated US Naval vessels of World War II|most decorated U.S. naval vessels of World War II]].

Members of ''New Orleans''′s crew were awarded five [[Navy Cross]]es, 10 [[Silver Star]]s, one [[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]], one [[Air Medal]], and 206 [[Purple Heart]]s.

==Legacy==
*One Destroyer (DD) and four Destroyer Escorts (DE) were named after ''USS New Orleans'' sailors killed in action at the [[Battle of Tassafaronga]].
#{{USS|Rogers|DD-876}} (similar to the five [[Sullivan brothers]] who were lost on {{USS|Juneau|CL-52}}, the three [[Rogers brothers]] who all served on ''New Orleans'' died at the Battle of Tassafaronga)
#{{USS|Hayter|DE-212}},
#{{USS|Foreman|DE-633}},
#{{USS|Swenning|DE-394}},
#[[USS Haines (APD-84)|USS ''Haines'' (DE-792/APD-84)]].

*Diosdado Rome, OCC of ''New Orleans'' has been additionally honored by the naming of a Mess Hall at the Naval Station Pearl Harbor in his name, the [[Diosdado Rome Galley]].
*The famous song "[[Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition]]" written by Frank Loesser was inspired by those heartening words uttered by chaplain Howell M. Forgy of ''New Orleans'' during the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.<ref>U.S.Historical Society, http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-f/h-forgy.htm</ref>
*When ''New Orleans'' was sold for scrap, little was saved. However, a few items from the ship are on display at the [[USS Kidd (DD-661)|USS ''Kidd'' & Louisiana Veterans Memorial]] in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]]. In particular are the ship's bell and the builder's model of the ship as well as some mementos of the launching ceremony. There are some items at the [[Patriots Point|Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum]] in [[Charleston Harbor]], [[South Carolina]], and at the [[Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium]] in [[Annapolis, Maryland]]. A plaque was donated to the [[National Museum of the Pacific War]] in [[Fredericksburg, Texas]], by ''New Orleans'' Reunion Association. A memorial honoring ''New Orleans'' has been installed in the [[New Orleans Walk of Fame]] outside the Hilton Hotel in downtown [[New Orleans]].
*The flag flown by ''New Orleans'' when she was struck by the torpedo on 30 November 1942 is on display in the [[U.S. Naval Academy Museum|US Naval Academy Museum]], Annapolis, Maryland.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}
*She is also featured in the game ''[[World of Warships]]'' as the seventh US Navy cruiser available on the nation's ship tree.
*She is also featured in the game ''[[War Thunder]]''.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
*{{cite book|last=Adcock|first=Al|title=U. S. Heavy Cruisers in Action|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0WblAAAACAAJ|date=1 February 2001|publisher=Squadron Signal Publications|isbn=978-0-89747-422-1 | quote=<small>Warship Pictorial</small>}}
* {{cite book|last=Brown|first=Herbert C.|title=Hell at Tassafaronga: The History of the Heavy Cruiser New Orleans (CA 32)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mBTqAAAACAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Ancient Mariners Press LLC|isbn=978-0-9700721-4-6 | quote=<small>An intensely personal and gripping memoir, a veteran of the gallant ship tells its history from rollicking peacetime days, on through 17 Pacific battles, to the hauling down of its commission pennant and its finally being broken up for scrap.</small>}}
*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/n/new-orleans-ii.html}}
* {{cite book|last=Cressman|first=Robert|title=The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II|url=https://archive.org/details/TheOfficialChronologyOfTheUSNavyInWorldWarII|publisher=US Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, MD|year=2000|isbn=1-55750-149-1}}
*{{cite book| title=The Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet, Two-Ocean Fleet Edition |author=Fahey, James C. |author-link=James Charles Fahey |publisher=Ships and Aircraft |year=1941}}
* {{cite book|last=Forgy|first=Howell Maurice|title="And Pass the Ammunition,"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NnE-AAAAIAAJ|year=1944|publisher=D. Appleton-Century Company, Incorporated | quote=<small>First Hand accounts from the Chaplain of the New Orleans from the attack on Pearl Harbor to Bremerton after the Battle of Tassafaronga.</small>}}
* {{cite book|title=Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II |publisher=Studio |year=1989 |isbn=1-85170-194-X}}
*{{citation | last=Hartzell | first= Carl T. |year=1997 | title=''From Bremerton To Philadelphia'' | quote=<small>First Hand accounts from Bremerton after the New Orleans received a new bow till the end of hostilities in the Pacific.</small>}}
* {{cite book|last=Hornfischer|first=James D.|author-link=James D. Hornfischer |title="Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal,"|year=2011|publisher=Random House Publishing Group | quote=<small>A readable, well-researched popular account of the 1942 Guadalcanal naval campaign</small>}}
* {{cite book|last=Rohwer|first=Jürgen|author-link=Jürgen Rohwer|title=Chronology of the War at Sea, 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two|publisher=US Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, MD|year=2005|isbn=1-59114-119-2}}
* {{cite book | publisher=Classic Warship Publishing | last= Wiper | first= Steve | year=2000 | title=New Orleans Class Cruisers | quote=<small>Warship Pictorial</small>}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|USS New Orleans (CA-32)}}
*{{navsource|04/032/04032|USS New Orleans}}
*[http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-n/ca32.htm Navy photographs of ''New Orleans'' (CA-32)]
*[http://www.history.navy.mil/docs/wwii/pearl/ph60.htm USS ''New Orleans Pearl Harbor Action Report'']
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/logs/CA/CA32-Coral.html USS ''New Orleans Coral Sea Action Report'']
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-CN-Tassafaronga/index.html ''Battle of Tassafaronga'']
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tassafaronga "Battle of Tassafaronga Images"]

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