USS New York

USS New York ( LPD-21 ) stops at Norfolk on the way to New York City for Commissioning Ceremonies.

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Special features of USS NEW YORK:
Bow stem includes seven and a half tons of steel recovered from the World Trade Center's twin towers
Construction with World Trade Center steel was encouraged by Governor George Pataki of New York and Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City
Name given by then Secretary of the Navy Gordon England
Keel was laid on August 2004
1,200 Louisiana workers stayed to keep building the ship after Hurricane Katrina hit the shipyard in August 2005
Ship was christened at Northrop Grumman's Avondale shipyard on March 1, 2008
Motto: "Strength forged through sacrifice. Never forget."