Geaux Navy!!!

[LA_MERC_Bacowrath]

USS New York

It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center.

It is the fifth in a new class of warship - designed for missions that include special operations against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered ashore by helicopters and assault craft.

Steel from the World Trade Center was melted down in a foundry in Amite, LA to cast the ship's bow section. When it was poured into the molds on Sept. 9, 2003, "those big rough steelworkers treated it with total reverence," recalled Navy Capt. Kevin Wensing, who was there. "It was a spiritual moment for everybody there."

Junior Chavers, foundry operations manager, said that when the trade center steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the "hair on my neck stood up." "It had a big meaning to it for all of us," he said. "They knocked us down. They can't keep us down. We're going to be back."

The ship's motto? "Never Forget"

[LA_MERC_Andyconda]

Amen Brotha. My dad was a Master Chief in the Navy. I'm a Navy Brat. GEAUX NAVY. That's cool and I hope it missle's a towel head soon.

[LA_MERC_eX1|eS' ch1|d]

That's awsome right there.

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

Sweet find. That is cool.

[LA_MERC_LaTech]

kick ass...I want to see a salvo of tomahawk cruise missiles flying off that bad boy aimed at Osama...

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

Woot... Now we just need to build an aircraft carrier to match it...

Its Motto will be...

Im coming to KICK YOUr FARGAIN ARSE!!!

[Chi_Townz]

When I read this story a while back, it sent chills down my spine! Anyway, here is some more info I dug up..

http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/09/0921.htm

https://www.pms317.navy.mil/ships/lpd21.asp
Ship Characteristics
Length 684 feet (208.5 meters)
Beam 105 feet (31.9 meters)
Displacement Approximately 24,900 tons full load
Speed In excess of 22 knots (24.2 mph)
Aircraft Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two MV-22
Osprey tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or
recovered simultaneously. The ship’s hangar can
store 1-2 aircraft.
Armament Two 30 mm Close-in-Guns, for surface threat defense; two Rolling Airframe Missile launchers for air defense
Landing Craft Two LCACs (air cushion) or one LCU (conventional)
EFVs 14 Marine Corps Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles
Power plant Four Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 41,600 shp
Crew 360 Sailors (28 officers, 332 enlisted) and 3 Marines
Troops 699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total.
LPD 17 Class San Antonio (LPD 17), New Orleans (LPD 18), Mesa Verde
(LPD 19), Green Bay (LPD 20), New York (LPD 21), San Diego (LPD 22), Anchorage (LPD 23), Arlington (LPD 24), and Somerset (LPD 25)
Motto “Never Forget.”

[LA_MERC_Spark]

WOW! Very cool!

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

So to show the goods.

1. EFVs:

http://www.amtrac.org/4atcp/400/400/400.asp

2. Osprey: These are coll as hell and were on Future Weapons a few days back.

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/v-22.htm
http://science.howstuffworks.com/osprey.htm

3. CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters:

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/ch-46.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CH-46_Sea_Knight

4. Rolling Frame Missile Launcher

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIM-116_Rolling_Airframe_Missile

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

And more on the story:

http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/nynm/navnews.htm

The Ship
New York is the fifth ship in the LPD 17 San Antonio class of amphibious transport dock ships.

Mission
The future USS New York will be the fifth amphibious transport dock of the San Antonio class. The ship will be used to transport and land Marines, their equipment and supplies, by embarked air cushion or conventional landing craft and Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles amphibious assault vehicles, augmented by helicopters or vertical take off and landing aircraft. USS New York will support amphibious assault, special operations, or expeditionary warfare missions throughout the first half of the 21st Century.

Name
On 7 September 2002 in a ceremony aboard USS Intrepid in New York City, then Secretary of the Navy Gordon England announced the decision to name the fifth amphibious transport dock ship of the San Antonio class, New York (LPD 21). Secretary England said, "This new class of ships will project American power to the far corners of the Earth and support the cause of freedom well into the 21st century. From the war for independence through the war on terrorism, which we wage today, the courage and heroism of the people of New York has been an inspiration. USS New York will play an important role in our Navy's future and will be a fitting tribute to the people of the Empire State."

Namesake
Customarily, state names presently are reserved for submarines but New York asked for special consideration so the name could be given to a surface ship in honor of the heroes who died on September 11, as well as to honor the courage and compassion shown by countless New Yorkers in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks.

Other Ships Named New York
Sources of Data: www.greatwhitefleet.org/newyork and and Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships published by the Naval Historical Center.

Frigate: Built in New York City and funded by the citizens of New York, the second New York was a 36-gun frigate. Commissioned in October 1800 and commanded by Captain Richard V. Morris, New York sailed to the Mediterranean in 1802 the ship served as flagship in the war against the Barbary Pirates. In two engagements the ship participated in driving off Tripolitan gunboats. New York returned to the Washington Navy Yard in 1803 where she remained for 11 years until the British burned the ship on 24 August 1814.

Ship-of-the-Line: After the War or 1812, Congress authorized the construction of 9 ships of the line as a potential deterrent to future war with Britain. War never came and so the New York, whose keel was laid in 1820 and was ready for launching in 1825, never left the stocks. On 20 April 1861, this 74-gun ship-of-the-line was burned by Union forces to avoid capture by encroaching Virginians at the start of the Civil War.

Armored Cruiser #2 (CA 2): Laid down in 1890, the armored cruiser New York was commissioned in August 1893. She served as flagship Admiral Sampson's in the Battle of Santiago when the American Squadron destroyed the Spanish fleet in 1898.

New York later served as flagship of the Asiatic Fleet and as part of the Pacific Squadron before being renamed Saratoga in 1911 when construction started on the battleship New York. USS Saratoga escorted convoys during World War I. The ship, later renamed Rochester, was eventually scuttled in the Philippine Islands in December 1941 to avoid capture.

Displacement: 8,150: Length: 384'; Beam 64'10"; Armament: 6 eight inch, 12 four inch, and 8 6 inch guns, plus 4 one pounders and 3 torpedo tubes.

Battleship BB 34: On 11 September 1911, the battleship New York was laid down and then commissioned on 15 April 1914. The battleship served as flagship of Battleship Division 9 in World War I supporting the British Grand Fleet in the North Sea with blockade and escort missions. New York was present when the German High Seas Fleet surrendered on 21 November 1918.

Between wars, New York served primarily in the Pacific Fleet until 1935, before transferring to the Atlantic Fleet. At the start of World War II, New York escorted convoys and later provided naval gunfire support in the Invasion of North Africa on November 8, 1942. Following this action, the ship trained gunners and providing training cruises for the Naval Academy until transferring to the Pacific Fleet in 1945. New York participated in a pre-invasion bombardment of Iwo Jima and for the invasion of Okinawa and was grazed by a kamikaze. USS New York earned three battle stars for World War II service.

After the War, USS New York was decommissioned on 29 August 1946 and sunk as a target ship in 1948.

Notes: (1) There was also a nuclear powered attack submarine, USS New York City (SSN 696) that was commissioned in 1979 and decommissioned in 1997. (2) LPD 21 will be the longest and widest ship to bear the name New York and within 2,000 tons of having the same displacement as the battleship.

Ship Yard
LPD 21 New York is under construction at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Avondale Operations, greater New Orleans area, Louisiana.

Casting the Bow Stem
Steel salvaged from the World Trade Center wreckage has been used in the construction of New York. The shipyard and Navy inspected the steel and found that it was of sufficient material strength so that it could be incorporated into the bow stem of New York.

On 4 August 2005, the LPD 21's bow stem with its World Trade Center steel was erected into the main hull and will forever lead the future USS New York. The complete bow was erected into place in March 2006.

Keel Laying
The keel was laid for New York on September 10, 2004.

Christening Ceremony
The ship's sponsor is Mrs. Dotty England, the wife of Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England. She will "christen thee New York" in a ceremony in 2007.

Commissioning Ceremony
Commissioning is the ceremony in which New York will become a unit of the operating forces of the United States Navy. It is the occasion when the ship will "Come Alive" and New York becomes USS New York. USS New York's commissioning ceremony will occur in 2008 in New York City.

Ship's Crew
360 Sailors and 3 Marines will form the New York's crew. The Prospective Commanding Officer will be CDR Curt Jones.

Homeport
LPD 21 is scheduled to be a Norfolk, Virginia based ship.

Ship Characteristics
Length 684 feet (208.5 meters)
Beam 105 feet (31.9 meters)
Displacement Approximately 24,900 tons full load
Speed In excess of 22 knots (24.2 mph)
Aircraft Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two MV-22
Osprey tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously. The ship´s hangar can store 1-2 aircraft.
Armament Two 30 mm Close-in-Guns, for surface threat defense; two Rolling Airframe Missile launchers for air defense
Landing Craft Two LCACs (air cushion) or one LCU (conventional)
EFVs 14 Marine Corps Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles
Power plant Four Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 41,600 shp
Crew 360 Sailors (28 officers, 332 enlisted) and 3 Marines
Troops 699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total.
Motto "Never Forget."



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