5th-- Armored cruiser ACR-2. Flagship of Rear Admiral William T. Sampson in the Spanish-American War. At the Battle of Santiago de Cuba. Later renamed USS Saratoga (free up name for battleship BB-34) and USS Rochester (free up name for aircraft carrier). Sunk to avoid capture by Japanese. Now an artificial reef in the Philippines.
6th-- Battleship BB-34 commissioned 1914. Served in both world wars. Survived atomic bomb testing at Bikini Island. Sunk in 1948 off Pearl Harbor as a target ship.
7th-- Nuclear submarine SSN-696 (1979-1997)
The new New York LPD-21 named for 9-11 and contains 24 tons of metal from the WTC.
The Stories of Ships. --DaCoot
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