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  2. USS New York (LPD-21) - Wikipedia

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    USS New York (LPD-21) is a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, ... New York was under construction in New Orleans at the time of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

  3. USS New York (BB-34) - Wikipedia

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    New York was the first of two planned New York-class battleships, though construction on her began after her sister, Texas.She was ordered in fiscal year 1911 as the first class of battleship in the United States Navy to carry the 14-inch/45-caliber gun.

  4. List of current ships of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 95 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...

  5. San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock - Wikipedia

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    The San Antonio class is a class of amphibious transport docks, also called a "landing platform, dock" (LPD), used by the United States Navy.These warships replace the Austin-class LPDs (including Cleveland and Trenton sub-classes), as well as the Newport-class tank landing ships, the Anchorage-class dock landing ships, and the Charleston-class amphibious cargo ships that have already been ...

  6. US sends second aircraft carrier group to Middle East – here ...

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    The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier is headed to the region, according to the Pentagon. ... The Wasp is joined by the USS New York amphibious transport dock and USS Oak Hill dock landing ship

  7. USS New York (ACR-2) - Wikipedia

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    USS New York (ACR-2/CA-2) was the second United States Navy armored cruiser so designated; the first was the ill-fated Maine, which was soon redesignated a second-class battleship. Due to the unusually protracted construction of Maine , New York was actually the first armored cruiser to enter U.S. Navy service.

  8. List of battleships of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    Maine and Texas were part of the "New Navy" program of the 1880s. Texas and BB-1 to BB-4 were authorized as "coast defense battleships", but Maine was ordered as an armored cruiser and was only re-rated as a "second class battleship" when she turned out too slow to be a cruiser.

  9. Rescue and recovery effort after the September 11 attacks on ...

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    Steel from the World Trade Center is poured for construction of USS New York. Some of the steel was reused for memorials. New York City firefighters donated a cross made of steel from the World Trade Center to the Shanksville Volunteer Fire Company in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. [46]