USS New York Leaves Louisiana for New York City
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http://www.wcbs880.com/USS-New-York-Leaves-Louisiana-for-NYC/5427984
The USS New York, built with 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center site, is heading to its namesake city.-
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cool0ne
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I hope they got all the micro-thermite out of the steel.
- 4 months ago
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cool0ne
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fun_size
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Oh awesome! I remember hearing about this ship years ago on the history channel.
- 4 months ago
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fun_size
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remanns
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USS New York (LPD-21), the fifth ship in the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the state of New York. The ship was designed to deliver a fully-equipped battalion of 700 Marines.
The ship is the first to be fully designed from the CAD-screen up to support all three of the Marines' primary mobility capabilities—Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV), Landing Craft, Landing Craft Air Cushioned vehicle and the MV-22 Osprey.Class and type: San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
Displacement: 24,900 tons full
Length: 208.5 m (684 ft) overall,
201.4 m (661 ft) waterline
Beam: 31.9 m (105 ft) extreme,
29.5 m (97 ft) waterline
Draft: 7 m (23 ft)
Propulsion: Four sequentially turbocharged marine Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 41,600 shp (30 MW)
Speed: In excess of 22 knots (24.2 mph)(41 km/h)
Boats and landing
craft carried: 2 Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC)s or
1 Landing Craft, Utility (LCU);
14 Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles (EFV) or
14 Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV)s
Capacity: Embarked Landing Force: 699
(66 officers, 633 enlisted)
surge capacity to 800.
Complement: 28 officers, 332 enlisted)
Armament: Two Bushmaster II 30 mm Close in Guns, fore and aft
two Rolling Airframe Missile launchers, fore and aft.
Aircraft carried: Launch or land
two CH53E Super Stallion
two MV-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft
four CH-46 Sea Knight
four AH-1 SeaCobra or
four UH-1 Iroquois helicopters. - 4 months ago
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remanns
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JollyGoodFelon
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Hey it would be funny if a plane crashed into it and it sunk. Then a ship right next to it sinks for no reason. That would be hilarious.
- 4 months ago
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JollyGoodFelon
