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USS New York (LPD-21)

San Antonio Class Amphibious Transport Dock:
  • Laid down, 10 September 2004, with remnant steel from World Trade Center cast into her bow, at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Avondale Operations, New Orleans, LA.
  • Launched, 17 December 2007
  • Christened, Saturday, 1 March 2008, at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Avondale Operations, New Orleans, LA.
  • New York is scheduled for commissioning in 2009 and will be homeported at Norfolk, VA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 25,000 t.(fl)
    Length 684'
    Beam 105'
    Draft 23 ft.
    Speed 22 kts.
    Complement 33 Officers, 411 Enlisted
    Troop Accommodations 66 Officers, 625 Enlisted
    Flag Staff Accommodations 84
    Mission Systems
    Vehicles/Cargo (Net): Three Vehicle Decks (2323 sq m)
    Two Cargo/Ammo Magazines (708 cu m)
    Cargo Fuel, JP-5 (1190 cu m) , MOGAS (38 cu m)
    Two LCACs
    Medical
    Two Operating Rooms
    24 Person Hospital Ward
    100 Casualty Overflow Capacity:
    Aviation Facilities
    Hangar - "O" Level, Maintenance Facilities for; One CH-53E, or Two CH-46s, or One MV-22, or Three UH/AH-1s
    Landing - Two CH-53s, or Four AH/UH-1s, or Four CH-46s, or Two MV-22s, or One AV-8B Harrier:
    Main Propulsion
    4 - Medium Speed Turbocharged Marine Diesels
    2 - Shafts
    2 - Single Reversing Reduction Gears
    2 - Inboard Rotating (top) Fixed Pitch Propellers
    Electric Plant
    5 - 2500 KW Ship Service Marine Diesel Generators
    5 - Main Ship Service 60 Hz SWBS
    3 - Ship Service 400 Hz SWBS
    3 - 60 to 400 Hz solid State Frequency changers
    Zonal 60 Hz Power distribution system
    Advanced Degaussing System
    Auxiliaries
    7 - 700 KW Non-CFC Air conditioning Plants
    5 - 12000 GPD Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plants
    10 - 1000 GPM Navy Standard Firepumps
    2 - HP Air Compressors
    3 - LP Air Compressors
    3 - Deballast Air Compressors
    Navigation
    Digital Flux Gate Magnetic Compass
    AN/WSN-7(V)1 Inertial Navigation System
    AN/WQN-2 Doppler Sonar Velocity Log System
    AN/UQN-4A Sonar Sounding Set, Dead Reckoning System
    Navigation Telex System
    AN/SSN-6 NAVSSI
    Armament
    1 - MK 41, 16 Cell VLS, (Space & Weight)
    2 - MK 31 Mod 0 RAM Launchers
    2 - MK 46 Mod 1 30mm Machine Guns
    2 - MK 26 Mod 17 .50 Cal Machine Guns
    Command & Control
    AN/SPQ-12(V) Radar Display Dist. Distribution System
    MK 2 SSDS
    AN/USQ-119C(V)27 JMCIS
    AN/KSQ-1 Amphibious Assault Direction System
    MK 91, 2 Channel MFCS
    AN/USG-2 CEC
    Radar Systems
    AN/SPS-48E
    AN/SPQ-9B
    AN/SPS-73
    EW & Decoy Systems
    AN/SLQ-25A NIXIE
    AN/SLQ-32Q(V)2
    MK 36 SRBOC
    MK 53 / NULKA
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    New York 204k Artist's rendering of USS New York (LPD-21) underway in New York Harbor with the twin towers in the background. Steel from the World Trade Center was melted down in a foundry in Amite, La., to cast the ship's bow section. The molten steel was poured into molds, 9 September 2003. The original painting was created by Tom Freeman. This image was made available by the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command. Robert M. Cieri and Joseph Macchia
    New York 242k Workers from the Amite, La., foundry pour molten steel recycled from the World Trade Center into the mold of the bow stem of amphibious transport dock ship New York (LPD 21). About 24 tons of steel were salvaged from the World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
    US Navy photo # 030910-N-7542D-254 by PH1 Dean Dunwoody    		 Bill Gonyo
    New York 1214k An aerial overhead view of the Keel Laying Ceremony for New York (LPD-21) held on 10 September 2004 at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Avondale Shipyard, New Orleans, LA.
    Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Corporation.    		 Robert M. Cieri
    New York 465k A view showing the bow stem of New York (LPD-21) being lifted. The bow stem contains seven and a half tons of recovered steel from the World Trade Center's twin towers. The bow stem was erected to the main hull at NGSS Avondale Shipyard on 4 August 2005.
    Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Corporation.    		 Robert M. Cieri
    New York 739k A view of the completed bow section of New York (LPD-21), in place forward of the ship, in preparation for its being lifted onto the hull on 20 August 2005, at Avondale Shipyard.
    Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Corporation.    		 Robert M. Cieri
    New York 833k The mast of New York (LPD-21) being lifted into position onto the ship, at Avondale Shipyard in September 2005.
    NGSS photo.    		 Robert M. Cieri
    New York 177k New York (LPD-21) while under construction at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems at Avondale, LA., 16 August 2006. New York is the fifth ship to be built in the San Antonio-class of amphibious ships. The bow stem is made of steel from the World Trade Centers and weighs 7.5 metric tons. New York is scheduled to be commissioned in the fall of 2008.
    US photo # 060816-N-1928H-244 by MCSN Santos Huante, USN.    		 Tony Cowart
    New York 297k New York (LPD-21) while under construction at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems at Avondale, LA., 16 August 2006. New York is scheduled to be commissioned in the fall of 2008.
    US photo # 060816-N-1928H-165 by MCSN Santos Huante, USN.    		 Tony Cowart
    New York 262k The newly launched New York (LPD-21) is moved dockside by a tugboat, 19 December 2007. Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Corporation. Bill Gonyo
    New York 473k New York (LPD-21) while under construction at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Avondale, LA. Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Corporation. Bill Gonyo
    New York 121k Pre-Commissioning Unit New York (LPD-21) ready for Christening at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Avondale, LA. US Navy photo. Lee Wahler
    New York 786k Pre-Commissioning Unit New York (LPD-21) ready for Christening, 1 March 2008, at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding New Orleans. Photo by Scott Koen USS New York LPD-21
    Submitted by Bob Pettit
    New York 156k The ships motto "Never Forget" and patch adorn the bow during the Pre-Commissioning UnitNew York (LPD-21) Christening, 1 March 2008, at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding New Orleans. Photo by Scott Koen USS New York LPD-21
    Submitted by Bob Pettit
    New York 472k Mrs. Dotty England, wife of Deputy Secretary of Defense The Hon. Gordon England, christens Pre-Commissioning Unit New York (LPD-21) at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding New Orleans, 1 March 2008.
    US Navy photo # 080301-N-8273J-344 AVONDALE, La. (Mar. 1, 2008) by MC1 Tiffini M. Jones.    		 Robert M. Cieri
    New York 202k With thousands observing, Dotty England (right), ship's sponsor, triumphantly raises the champagne bottle she used to christen Pre-Commissioning Unit New York (LPD-21), 1 March 2008. The fifth Northrop Grumman-built amphibious transport dock ship of the San Antonio-class contains seven-and-a-half tons of World Trade Center steel in her bow. Joining England in celebration are (l-r) U.S. Navy CDR. F. Curtis Jones, LPD 21's prospective commanding officer, her husband, deputy secretary of defense Gordon England and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding president Mike Petters. Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Bill Gonyo
    New York 1861k Red, white and blue confetti and streamers fly through the air as Dotty England christened the Northrop Grumman-built amphibious transport dock Pre-Commissioning Unit New York (LPD-21), Saturday, 1 March 2008 in New Orleans, LA. Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Bill Gonyo
    New York 1372k Pre-Commissioning New York (LPD-21) after Christening, 1 March 2008, at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding New Orleans Photo by Scott Koen USS New York LPD-21
    Submitted by Bob Pettit
    New York 369k Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) ADM. Gary Roughead congratulates prospective commanding officer CDR. F. Curtis Jones, from Binghamton, N.Y., after the christening ceremony for Pre-Commissioning Unit New York (LPD-21) at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding New Orleans.
    US Navy photo # 080301-N-8273J-376 AVONDALE, La. (March 1, 2008) by MC1 Tiffini M. Jones.    		 Robert M. Cieri
    New York 2,130k Pre-Commissioning Unit PCU New York (LPD-21) transits along the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico to conduct builder's trials. New York is scheduled to be commissioned in November 2009.
    US Navy photo # 090627-N-2147L-002 AVONDALE, La. (June 27 2009 by MC1 Corry Lewis, from the collections of Defense Imagery.mil.    		 Mike Hibbard
    New York 757k Pre-Commissioning Unit PCU New York (LPD-21) plows through open water as she successfully accomplishes builder's sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico the week of 2 July 2009.
    Photo courtesy Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Avondale Operations, New Orleans, LA.    		 Bill Gonyo
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    USS New York Memorabilia
    New York
    Cover of the Keel Laying Ceremony Program
    contributed by Scott Koen    		 New York
    Cover of the Christening Ceremony Program
    contributed by Robert M. Cieri and Bill Gonyo
    There is no DANFS history available for USS New York (LPD-21) at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Navy Fact File - Amphibious Transport Dock - LPD
    Federation of American Scientists, Military Analysis Network, US Navy Ships
    Official USS New York (LPD-21) Commissioning web site
    USS New York LPD-21
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