Newly commissioned USS NEW YORK

November 8, 2009

The new addition to the Navy fleet, the USS New York was commissioned Saturday in Manhattan. It is a San Antonio class amphibious transport dock ship and was built on the Gulf Coast and incorporated 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center.

It was docked at Pier 88, just north of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum for the ceremony and will be on public display until Nov 11, when it will return to Norfolk, VA, with COMMANDER CURTIS JONES at the helm.

Executive Officer – COMMANDER ERICH B. SCHMIDT

Command Master Chief Petty Officer – CMDCM ROBERT W. STOCKLIN

Secretary of the Navy RAY MABUS: “I hereby place the USS New York in commission. Man our ship and bring her to life!”

Sound bites:

Madame Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave the principal address (can’t find text)
Commandant of Marine Corps General James Conway

USS NEW YORK (TIME)

Still in construction are sister ships: USS ARLINGTON (LPD-24) named for the Virginia county in which the Pentagon is located, and the USS SOMERSET (LPD-25) named for the Pennsylvania county where AA Flight 93 crashed into a field.

Photos from Stacyx@ SecretaryClinton

 

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