Earlier this month, I wrote several entries on the USS Green Bay (LPD-20).
I am currently writing about the sister ship of the USS Green Bay (LPD-21), the USS New York (LPD-21) in my Running the Blockade: Civil War Navy blog. This is in commemoration of 9/11 tomorrow.
Today's U.S. Navy ships are given state names if they are submarines, but this surface ship was given the name New York to honor the New Yorkers who died twenty years ago. This ship received the name because it is a primary ship used against terrorists and, in addition, has some of the World Trade Center in her.
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