History of Ships named NY

Some useless facts about ships named "USS NEW YORK". Interesting how a particular date comes up often in their histories.

The most recent one, LPD-21, will be the 6th ship to have the name USS NEW YORK. (that was commissioned and used in the Navy). Steel from the World Trade Center was used to cast the bow of this ship. The steel of course became available after 11 September 2001. The steel was poured into the bow of the ship on 11 September 2004 (in a ceremony), the day after it was laid down. It was christened 1 March, 2008 and will be Commissioned on 11 September 2009!

* USS NEW YORK CITY, SSN-696 was a nuclear submarine, commissioned March 1979 and decomissioned in April 1997.

5) USS NEW YORK, BB34 was laid down on 11 September 1911 by the Brooklyn Ship Yards - received three battle stars for service in WW II and served in WW I. Survived the Bikini Atoll attacks but was sunk in mid-September 1948 during extensive testing of new weapons.

4) USS NEW YORK, ACR2 was laid down on 11 September 1890 by the Philadelphia Ship Yards - served in many wars. Was renamed the Saratoga in 1911 (see above)... Was decommissioned in 1933 and scuttled in December 1941 to avoid Japanese Capture.

*) A screw sloop was named the USS NEW YORK briefly between being laid down and leaving the stocks; however, it was renamed the Ontario when sold.

3) USS NEW YORK was a 74-gun firgate laid down in 1820 and burned before launch in 1861.

2) USS NEW YORK was a 36-gun frigate built in 1800 and burned by the British on 11 September 1814.

1) USS NEW YORK was a gondola built in 1776 which fought in the Battle of Valcour Island (11 October, 1776).