Everything about Uss New York Lpd-21 totally explained
Pre-Commissioning Unit New York (LPD-21), the fifth ship in the
San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is the sixth ship of the
United States Navy to be named for the state of
New York. The ship is designed to deliver a fully-equipped battalion of 700
Marines.
The ship is the first to be fully designed from the CAD-screen up to support all three of the Marines' primary mobility capabilities -
Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV),
Landing Craft,
Landing Craft Air Cushioned vehicle and the
MV-22 Osprey.
Shortly after
September 11 2001,
Governor of New York George E. Pataki wrote a letter to
Secretary of the Navy Gordon England requesting that the Navy bestow the name USS
New York on a surface warship involved in the
War on Terror in honor of
September 11's victims. In his letter, the Governor said he understood state names are currently reserved for
submarines, but asked for special consideration so the name could be given to a surface ship. The request was approved
August 28,
2002.
Coincidentally, a previous holder of the name,
USS New York (BB-34), had its keel laid on
September 11,
1911, exactly 90 years to the day before the WTC was attacked.
Twenty-four tons of the steel used in its construction came from the small amount of rubble from the
World Trade Center actually preserved for posterity. Steel from the World Trade Center 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
September 9,
2003. With seven tons melted down and 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.
On
September 9 2004, the Secretary of the Navy announced that two of her sister ships will be named
Arlington and
Somerset, in commemoration of the places two of the other planes used in the attack came down:
Somerset County, Pennsylvania and
Arlington, Virginia.
The contract to build
New York was awarded to
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems of
New Orleans, Louisiana in 2003.
New York was under construction in New Orleans at the time of
Hurricane Katrina.
The prospective commanding officer is Commander F. Curtis Jones, a native of Binghamton, New York.
Christening
New York was christened on
March 1,
2008, in a ceremony at at Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dotty England, the ship’s sponsor, smashed the traditional champagne bottle on the ship’s bow and christened the ship
New York. Several dignitaries were in attendance, including Louisiana Congressman
William J. Jefferson, Deputy Defense Secretary
Gordon England, members of the New York Police Department and New York Fire Department, and family members of 9/11 victims. The champagne bottle didn't break the first time it was struck against the hull of the ship, but the second attempt was successful (see photograph).
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