USS New York (LPD-21)
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 The New York in the Hudson River on November 2, 2009.
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| History | |
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| Name | USS New York |
| Namesake | The State of New York |
| Awarded | 25 November 2003[1] |
| Builder | Northrop Grumman Ship Systems[1] |
| Laid down | 10 September 2004[1] |
| Launched | 19 December 2007[1] |
| Christened | 1 March 2008 |
| Acquired | 21 August 2009[1] |
| Commissioned | 7 November 2009[2] |
| In service | 8 August 2009[1] |
| Motto | "Strength forged through sacrifice. Never forget." |
| Status | Template:Ship fate box active in service[1] |
| Badge | -COA.png) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock |
| Displacement | 24,900 tons full |
| Length | list error: <br /> list (help) 208.5 m (684 ft) overall, 201.4 m (661 ft) waterline |
| Beam | list error: <br /> list (help) 31.9 m (105 ft) extreme, 29.5 m (97 ft) waterline |
| Draft | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Propulsion | Four sequentially turbocharged marine Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 41,600 shp (30 MW) |
| Speed | In excess of 22 knots (25 mph; 41 km/h) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC)s or 1 Landing Craft, Utility (LCU); 14 Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles (EFV) or 14 Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV)s |
| Capacity | list error: <br /> list (help) Embarked Landing Force: 699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted) surge capacity to 800. |
| Complement | 28 officers, 332 enlisted |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) Two Bushmaster II 30 mm Close in Guns, fore and aft two Rolling Airframe Missile launchers, fore and aft. |
| Aircraft carried | list error: <br /> list (help) Launch or land two CH-53E Super Stallion two MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft four CH-46 Sea Knight four AH-1 SeaCobra or four UH-1 Iroquois helicopters. |
USS New York (LPD-21), the fifth San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named after the state of New York. The New York has a crew of 360, and can also carry up to 700 Marines.
Construction
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The ship is the first to be designed fully from the CAD-screen up to support all three of the Marines' primary mobility capabilities — the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV), Landing Craft Air Cushion and MV-22B Osprey.[3]
Shortly after 11 September 2001, Governor of New York George E. Pataki wrote a letter to Secretary of the Navy Gordon R. England requesting that the Navy bestow the name USS New York on a surface warship involved in the War on Terrorism in honor of September 11's victims.
The contract to build the New York was awarded to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems of New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2003. The New York was under construction in New Orleans at the time of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.[4]
7.5 short tons (6.8 t) of the steel used in the ship's construction came from the rubble of the World Trade Center. The steel was melted down at Amite Foundry and Machine in Amite, Louisiana, to cast the ship's bow section. It was poured into the molds on 9 September 2003, with 7 short tons (6.4 t) cast to form the ship's "stem bar" — part of the ship's bow. The shipyard workers reportedly treated it with "reverence usually accorded to religious relics", gently touching it as they walked by. One worker delayed his retirement after 40 years' work to be part of the project.[5]
On 9 September 2004, Gordon R. England announced that two of her sister ships will be named the USS Arlington (LPD-24) and the USS Somerset (LPD-25) in commemoration of the places two of the other planes used in the attack came down: Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and Arlington, Virginia.[6]
Christening & commissioning
The New York was christened on 1 March 2008, in a ceremony at Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans. Dotty England, the ship’s sponsor, smashed the traditional champagne bottle on the ship’s bow and christened the ship the New York. Several dignitaries were in attendance, including Louisiana Congressman William J. Jefferson, Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon R. England, members of the New York City Police Department and the New York City Fire Department, and family members of September 11 victims. The champagne bottle did not break the first time it was struck against the hull of the ship, but the second attempt was successful.
The ship was delivered to the Navy on 21 August 2009 at New Orleans. The ship's delivery was accepted by its first commanding officer, CDR F. Curtis Jones,USN, a native of Binghamton, New York.[7][8] It set sail for Norfolk, Virginia, on 13 October.[9]
The ship commissioning of USS New York took place on 7 November 2009 in New York City. On 2 November 2009 the ship passed the World Trade Center Site for the first time and gave the site a 21-gun salute. [2][10]
Approximately one in seven of the plank owners are from New York state, a larger number than usual.[11]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "USS New York". Naval Vessel Register. 8 September 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dateformat=ignored (help) - ^ a b USS New York (LPD 21) Official Site
- ^ Paisley, Pinch (2008-03-01). "USS New York Christened". Defense Tech. Military Advantage. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
- ^ Staff writer (4 April 2007). "Navy Ship with WTC Steel Survived Katrina's Assault". The Associated Press via St. Petersburg Times. Accessed 2009-11-02.
- ^ Baldwin, Tom (22 May 2005). "Warship Built Out of Twin Towers Wreckage", The Times. Accessed 2009-11-02.
- ^ Deepti Hajela (2 November 2009). "Ship built with WTC steel comes to namesake city". Associated Press|The Associated Press. Accessed 2009-11-02.
- ^ Sayre, Alan (23 August 2009). "Navy Takes Delivery of Amphib New York". The Associated Press via Military Times.
- ^ History of the USS New York
- ^ Sayre, Alan (2009-10-13). "Ship Built with WTC Steel Sails for Namesake City". The Associated Press via Google News.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Graham, MC1 Shawn D. (2009-10-14). "USS New York Departs the Banks of the Mississippi". Headquarters Marine Corps. United States Marine Corps. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ BBC News (2009-11-02). 'Twin Towers' warship enters NY. BBC News, "Published: 2009/11/02 15:05:38 GMT". Retrieved on 2009-11-02 from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/8337868.stm.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
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