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USS New York
There have been at least five
United States Navy
ships that have borne the name
New York
, after the
11th state
. See
USS
New York City
for those named after
the City
.
The first
New York
was a
gondola
, built on
Lake Champlain
in
1776
, that participated in the
Battle of Valcour Island
.
The second
New York
was a 36-gun
frigate
commissioned on
1800
and burned by the British in
1814
.
The third
New York
was a 74-gun
ship of the line
, laid down in
1820
but which never left the stocks and was burned in
1861
.
A screw sloop named
New York
was laid down in
1863
as
Ontario
, renamed in
1869
, and sold while still on the stocks, in
1888
.
The fourth
New York
(CA-2)
was an
armored cruiser
commissioned in
1893
, in action in the
Spanish-American War
, renamed to
Saratoga
in
1911
, renamed
Rochester
in
1917
, decommissioned in
1933
, and scuttled in
1941
.
The fifth
New York
(BB-34)
was a
battleship
commissioned in
1914
, in action in both
World War I
and
World War II
, decommissioned in
1946
and sunk as a target ship in
1948
.
The sixth
New York
(LPD-21)
is an
amphibious transport dock
scheduled to begin construction perhaps as early as
2007
. Some of the metal used in its construction will come from the rubble of the
World Trade Center
.
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