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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.
  • 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 47k Artist's rendering of 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.
    US Navy image    		 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 177k New York (LPD-21) 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) 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 121k New York (LPD-21) ready for christening at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Avondale, LA, 1 September 2008.US Navy photo. Lee Wahler
    There is no DANFS history available for New York (LPD-21) at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    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
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