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{{Short description|San Antonio–class amphibious transport dock}}
{{Other ships|USS New York}}
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 | Ship image = USS New York in the Hudson River 200911.jpg
 | Ship caption = USS ''New York'' in the [[Hudson River]] on 2 November 2009
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{{Infobox ship career
 |Ship country=United States
 | Ship flag = {{USN flag}}
 | Ship name = ''New York''
 | Ship namesake = [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States|U.S.]]<ref name="LPD21 name announcement">{{cite press release |url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=3491 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011011151/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=3491 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 October 2016 |title=Navy Secretary Assigns New Ship Name New York |website=Navy News Service |id=NNS020910-10 |date=10 September 2002 |access-date=25 July 2016 |quote="USS New York will play an important role in our Navy's future and will be a fitting tribute to the people of the Empire State," England said.}}</ref>
 | Ship awarded = 25 November 2003<ref name="NVR LPD21">{{cite web |title=USS New York (LPD 21) |website=[[Naval Vessel Register]] |url= {{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=LPD21}} |access-date=25 July 2016}}</ref>
 | Ship builder = [[Northrop Grumman Ship Systems]]<ref name="NVR LPD21"/>
 | Ship laid down = 10 September 2004<ref name="NVR LPD21"/>
 | Ship launched = 19 December 2007<ref name="NVR LPD21"/>
 | Ship christened = 1 March 2008
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 | Ship completed = 
 | Ship acquired = 21 August 2009<ref name="NVR LPD21"/>
 | Ship commissioned = 7 November 2009<ref name="comm1">{{cite web |url=http://www.ussny.org |title=USS New York (LPD 21) |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624170630/http://www.ussny.org/ |archivedate=2019-06-24 |website=USS New York Commissioning Committee |url-status=dead |accessdate=2021-07-27}}</ref>
 | Ship homeport = [[Naval Station Norfolk]]<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://seapowermagazine.org/uss-new-york-shifts-homeport-to-norfolk/ |title=USS New York Shifts Homeport |date=November 23, 2020 |magazine=[[Seapower (magazine)|Seapower]]}}</ref>
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 | Ship identification = *{{MMSI Number|369970522}}
*[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: NNYK
*{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|Yankee}}{{ICS|Kilo}}
*[[Pennant number]]: LPD-21
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 | Ship fate = 
 | Ship status={{Ship in active service}}<ref name="NVR LPD21"/>
 | Ship motto = ''Strength forged through sacrifice. Never forget''
 | Ship notes = 
 | Ship badge = [[File:USS-New-York-(LPD-21)-COA.png|150px]]
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 | Ship class = {{sclass|San Antonio|amphibious transport dock}}
 | Ship displacement = 24,900 tons [[full displacement|full]]
 | Ship length =* {{convert|208.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} [[Length overall|overall]]
* {{convert|201.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}} [[Waterline length|waterline]]
 | Ship beam =* {{convert|31.9|m|ftin|abbr=on}} extreme
* {{convert|29.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} [[waterline]]
 | Ship draft = {{convert|7.0|m|ftin|abbr=on}})
 | Ship propulsion = Four {{convert|10,400|hp|abbr=on|0}} [[Twin-turbo#Sequential|sequentially]] [[Turbocharger|turbocharged]] marine [[SEMT Pielstick|Colt-Pielstick]] [[diesel engine]]s, two shafts, {{convert|41,600|hp|abbr=on|0}}, driving Rolls-Royce [[Variable-pitch propeller (marine)|controllable-pitch propeller]]s
 | Ship speed = In excess of {{convert|22|kn|mph km/h}}
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 | Ship complement = 28 officers, 332 enlisted
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 | Ship EW = 
 | Ship boats =*2 [[Landing Craft Air Cushion|LCACs]] or 1 [[Landing Craft Utility|LCU]];
*14 [[Amphibious Assault Vehicle|AAVs]]
 | Ship capacity = *Embarked Landing Force: 699
*(66 officers, 633 enlisted)
*surge capacity to 800
 | Ship armament =*Two [[Bushmaster II]] 30 mm Close in Guns, fore and aft
*two [[RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile|Rolling Airframe Missile launchers]], fore and aft.
 | Ship aircraft = *Launch or land
*two [[CH-53E Super Stallion]]
*two [[V-22 Osprey|MV-22B Osprey]] [[tiltrotor]] aircraft
*four [[CH-46]] Sea Knight
*four [[AH-1 SuperCobra|AH-1 SeaCobra]] or
*four [[UH-1 Iroquois]] helicopters. 
 | Ship notes = 
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'''USS ''New York'' (LPD-21)''' is a {{sclass|San Antonio|amphibious transport dock}}, and the fifth ship of the [[United States Navy]] named after the [[state of New York]].<ref name="LPD21 brief hist">{{cite web |url=https://www.c2f.usff.navy.mil/Organization/Expeditionary-Strike-Group-ESG-2/Organization/Ships/Amphibious-Transport-Dock-Ships/USS-New-York-LPD-21/About-Us/History/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831180412/https://www.c2f.usff.navy.mil/Organization/Expeditionary-Strike-Group-ESG-2/Organization/Ships/Amphibious-Transport-Dock-Ships/USS-New-York-LPD-21/About-Us/History/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 August 2022 |title=USS New York (LPD 21): History |website=[[United States Navy]] |access-date=25 July 2016 |quote=USS New York (LPD 21) is the fifth U.S. ship named for the state of New York.}}</ref><ref name="LPD21 name announcement"/>

==Naming==
Shortly after September 11, 2001, [[List of Governors of New York|Governor of New York]] [[George E. Pataki]] wrote a letter to [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]] [[Gordon R. England]] requesting that the Navy bestow the name ''New&nbsp;York'' on a surface warship involved in the [[War on Terror|Global War on Terrorism]] in honor of the victims of the [[September 11 attacks]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/lpd-21.htm |title=LPD-21 New York |website=GlobalSecurity.org| publisher= |access-date=18 June 2016}}</ref> Pataki wrote that he understood state names were reserved for submarines, but he asked for special consideration so the name could be given to a surface ship.<ref name="US Navy LPD">{{cite web |url= http://www.ussnewyork.com/ussny_about.html |title=USS New York LPD-21 - Forged from the steel of the World Trade Center |website= ussnewyork.com| publisher= US Navy |access-date=18 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071221154009/http://www.ussnewyork.com/ussny_about.html |archive-date=21 December 2007}}</ref> The request was approved on 28 August 2002.

===Sister ships names announced===
On 9 September 2004 Gordon R. England, then the [[United States Deputy Secretary of Defense|Deputy Secretary of Defense]], announced that two of ''New York''{{'s}} sister ships would be named {{USS|Arlington|LPD-24|2}} and {{USS|Somerset|LPD-25|2}} in commemoration of the places where two of the other planes used in the attacks came down: [[Arlington County, Virginia]], and [[Somerset County, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="WTC Steel NYC">{{cite web |url= https://abcnews.go.com/WN/wireStory?id=8971882 |title=Ship Built With WTC Steel Comes to Namesake City |first=Deepti |last=Hajela |author-link=Deepti Hajela |date=2 November 2009 |website=ABCNews.go.com |  publisher= ABC |agency=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=2 November 2009}}</ref>

==Construction==
[[File:Steel from WTC for USS New York.jpg|thumb|left|Steel from the World Trade Center is melted and poured for construction of ''New&nbsp;York'', September 2003.]]
A symbolic amount of steel salvaged from the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] after it was destroyed in the [[September 11 attacks]] was used in her construction.<ref name="LPD21 brief hist" />

The ship is the first to be designed fully from the CAD-screen up to support both of the Marines' primary mobility capabilities, [[Landing Craft Air Cushion|LCAC landing craft]] and [[V-22 Osprey|MV-22B Osprey aircraft]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://defensetech.org/2008/03/01/uss-new-york-christened/#axzz0kGOIo7np |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616030234/http://defensetech.org/2008/03/01/uss-new-york-christened/#axzz0kGOIo7np |url-status=usurped |archive-date=16 June 2010 |first=Pinch |last=Paisley |title=USS ''New York'' Christened |work=Defense Tech |publisher=Military Advantage |date=1 March 2008 |access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref>

The contract to build ''New York'' was awarded to [[Northrop Grumman Ship Systems]] of [[New Orleans]], Louisiana, in 2003. ''New&nbsp;York'' was under construction in New Orleans at the time of [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2006/04/04/Worldandnation/Navy_ship_with_WTC_st.shtml |title=Navy Ship with WTC Steel Survived Katrina's Assault |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=4 April 2007 |newspaper=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |agency=Associated Press |access-date=2 November 2009}}</ref>

{{convert|7.5|ST|MT}} of the steel used in the ship's construction came from the rubble of the World Trade Center; this represents less than one thousandth of the total weight of the ship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ussny.org/faq.php |title=USS New York (LPD 21) &#124; The Official Website. Commissioning Event Information |website=Ussny.org |access-date=2016-10-28 |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107005342/http://www.ussny.org/faq.php }}</ref> The steel was melted down at Amite Foundry and Machine in [[Amite, Louisiana]], to [[Casting (metalworking)|cast]] the ship's [[Bow (watercraft)|bow]] section. It was poured into the molds on 9 September 2003, with {{convert|7|ST|MT}} cast to form the ship's "stem bar"—part of the ship's bow. The foundry workers reportedly treated it with "reverence usually accorded to religious relics," gently touching it as they walked by. One worker delayed his retirement after 40&nbsp;years of working to be part of the project.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2191181,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060604054104/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2191181,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 June 2006 |title=Warship Built Out of Twin Towers Wreckage |first=Tom |last=Baldwin |date=22 May 2005 |newspaper=[[The Times]] |access-date=2 November 2009}}</ref>

==Christening and delivery==
''New York'' was [[Ship naming and launching|christened]] on 1 March 2008, in a ceremony at [[Avondale Shipyard]] in New Orleans. [[Ship sponsor]] Dotty England, wife of Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon R. England, smashed the traditional champagne bottle on the ship's bow and christened the ship ''New&nbsp;York''. Several dignitaries were in attendance, including Louisiana Congressman [[William J. Jefferson]], members of the [[New York City Police Department]] and the [[New York City Fire Department]], and family members of victims of the September 11 attacks. The champagne bottle did not break the first time it was struck against the hull of the ship, but the second attempt was successful.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ussnewyork.com/ussny_christening.html |title=The Christening |website=ussnewyork.com |access-date=16 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729024146/http://www.ussnewyork.com/ussny_christening.html |archive-date=29 July 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The ship was delivered to the Navy on 21 August 2009 at New Orleans. She set sail for [[Norfolk, Virginia]], on 13 October 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ussnewyork.com/wordpress/2009/10/20/uss-new-york-to-stop-in-norfolk/ |title=USS New York to stop in Norfolk |website=ussnewyork.com |date=20 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091106125449/http://www.ussnewyork.com/wordpress/2009/10/20/uss-new-york-to-stop-in-norfolk/ |archive-date=6 November 2009 }}</ref> On 2 November 2009 the ship passed the World Trade Center site for the first time and gave the site a [[21-gun salute]].<ref name="comm1" /><ref name="LPD21 sails">{{cite web |url=https://www.marines.mil/unit/hqmc/Pages/Thousandslinethelevees,salutePCUNewYork.aspx |title=USS ''New York'' Departs the Banks of the Mississippi |last=Graham |first=MC1 Shawn D. |date=14 October 2009 |work=[[Headquarters Marine Corps]] |publisher=[[United States Marine Corps]] |access-date=15 October 2009 |archive-date=29 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629155957/http://www.marines.mil/unit/hqmc/Pages/Thousandslinethelevees,salutePCUNewYork.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Commissioning and trials==
[[File:USS New York.jpg|thumb|''New York'' at her commissioning ceremony]]
The [[ship commissioning|commissioning ceremony]] for ''New York'' took place on 7 November 2009, in New York City. Speakers included Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]], [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]] [[Ray Mabus]], Governor [[David Paterson]], Mayor [[Michael Bloomberg]], [[Chief of Naval Operations]] Admiral [[Gary Roughead]], and [[Commandant of the United States Marine Corps|Commandant of the Marine Corps]] General [[James T. Conway]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13103 |title=Navy To Commission Amphibious Transport Dock Ship 'New York' |author=Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) |date=4 November 2009 |website=U.S. Department of Defense}}</ref> Approximately one in seven of the [[plank owner]]s are from New York state, a larger number than usual.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8337868.stm |title='Twin Towers' warship enters NY |date=11 February 2009 |website=BBC News |access-date=2 November 2009}}</ref>

==Propulsion==
''New York'' uses four [[Fairbanks-Morse]] license-built MAN [[SEMT Pielstick|Colt-Pielstick]] PC2.5 STC [[Twin-turbo#Sequential|sequentially]] [[Turbocharger|turbocharged]] marine [[diesel engine]]s with inboard rotating [[Rolls-Royce Holdings|Rolls-Royce]] [[Variable-pitch propeller (marine)|controllable-pitch propeller]]s.<ref name="US Navy LPD" /> The V16-cylinder Colt-Pielstick PC2.5 STC engine is intended for use on ships requiring high propulsion power combined with a lightweight installation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fairbanksmorse.com/engines/colt-pielstick-pc25-stc/ |title=Colt-Pielstick PC2.5 STC |website=Fairbanks-Morse Engines |access-date=18 June 2016}}</ref> Each V16 PC2.5 STC diesel engine weighs {{convert|84|metric ton}} dry without flywheel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fairbanksmorse.com/bin/92.pdf |title=Power Solutions - Medium Speed, Four Stroke Diesel Engines |website=Fairbanks-Morse Engines |access-date=18 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919032138/http://www.fairbanksmorse.com/bin/92.pdf |archive-date=19 September 2015}}</ref>

On 11 January 2010, the Navy announced that the ship would have to undergo repairs for faulty engine parts after inspectors discovered the "premature failure" of bearings on the ship's main propulsion diesel engines during a week-long sea trial following the November commissioning.<ref name="Carriers">{{cite web |url=http://www.uscarriers.net/lpd21history.htm |title=History: USS New York, LPD 21 |website=US Carriers.net |date=13 November 2015 |access-date=25 July 2016}}</ref>

==Service history==
===2012===
On 10 June 2012 the ship was deployed for the first time to the [[Strait of Hormuz]] and the [[Persian Gulf]] region.<ref name="US Navy">{{cite web |url=http://www.cusnc.navy.mil/articles/2012/086.html |title=Another First for USS 'New York' During Maiden Deployment |first=Zane P. |last=Ecklund |date=June 11, 2012 |website=U.S. Naval Forces Central Command |access-date=11 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304091744/http://www.cusnc.navy.mil/articles/2012/086.html |archive-date=4 March 2013}}</ref> She deployed with Marines from [[1st Battalion, 2nd Marines|1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment]], 2nd Marine Division and returned in December 2012 along with {{USS|Iwo Jima|LHD-7|6}}, {{USS|Gunston Hall|LSD-44|6}} and the Marines from the same unit attached to all three ships.<ref name="Carriers"/>

===2014===
[[File:USS New York (LPD-21) In Morehead City NC.JPG|thumb|''New York'' docked at the North Carolina State Port in [[Morehead City, North Carolina]], 2014]]
In June 2014, the ship was used to transport [[Ahmed Abu Khattala]], suspected mastermind of the [[2012 Benghazi attack]] on the American diplomatic mission at [[Benghazi]], back to the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/29/world/africa/libyan-suspected-in-benghazi-mission-attack-arrives-in-washington.html |title=Libyan suspected in Benghazi mission attack arrives in Washington |last1=Schmidt |first1=Michael S. |last2=Schmitt |first2=Eric |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=29 June 2014 |access-date=25 July 2016 |page=A4}}</ref>

===2017===
On 11 September 2017, ''New York'' arrived off the Florida coast for [[Hurricane Irma]] relief, 16 years to the day after the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/irmas-trail-of-destruction-in-florida-keys-revealed/ |title=Irma's trail of destruction in Florida Keys revealed |date=2017-09-11 |work=Fox News |access-date=2017-09-11 |language=en-US}}</ref>

===2018===
''New York'' supported the reception night for the 23rd International Seapower Symposium at the [[Naval War College]] in Newport, RI in September 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Global Leaders Assemble at 23rd International Seapower Symposium|url=https://usnwc.edu/News-and-Events/News/Global-Leaders-Assemble-at-23rd-International-Seapower-Symposium|access-date=2021-08-22|website=usnwc.edu}}</ref>  In November, the ship supported Exercise Trident Juncture, a large scale NATO exercise involving more than 50,000 personnel, 65 ships, and 250 aircraft, including 14,000 American troops, a [[Carrier Strike Group]] (CSG) and an [[Amphibious Readiness Group]] (ARG).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-11-07|title=Trident Juncture Wraps Up After Successful Amphibious Landings, Training Ashore in Norway|url=https://news.usni.org/2018/11/07/trident-juncture-wraps-up-after-several-amphibious-landings-training-ashore|access-date=2021-08-22|website=USNI News|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center">
File:USS New York christening.jpg|Ship sponsor Dotty England smashes the traditional bottle of champagne on ''New York''{{'}}s hull during the christening ceremony on 1 March 2008
File:US Navy 090720-N-7090S-021 Steel recovered from the World Trade Center is displayed aboard the amphibious transport dock ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) New York (LPD 21).jpg|Steel from the World Trade Center is displayed aboard the ship.
File:USMC-091102-M-4003C-021.jpg|''New York'' in port in New York City, 2 November 2009
File:US Navy 091118-N-9806M-003 USS New York (LPD 21) arrives at its homeport of Naval Station Norfolk.jpg|''New York'' arrives at her homeport of Naval Station Norfolk pm 18 November 2009.
File:US Navy 100412-N-2147L-004 An amphibious assault vehicle from the U.S. Marine 2nd Assault Amphibious Battalion prepares to enter the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21).jpg|A US Marine AAV from the [[2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion]] prepares to enter the well deck of ''New York'', 12 April 2010
File:USS New-York.jpg|Passing by [[New York Passenger Ship Terminal]] (Pier 86) during the Inauguration of [[Fleet Week]] on [[Memorial Day]] 2011.
File:US Navy 111026-M-KU932-285 An MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 261, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU).jpg|An [[MV-22 Osprey]] lands on ''New York'', 26 October 2011
File:USS New York (LPD 21) and USS Enterprise (CVN 65) are underway together. (7361914834).jpg|''New York'' sails with the [[aircraft carrier]], {{Ship|USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|2}}, 9 June 2012
File:Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - USS New York and USS Porter transit the Strait of Hormuz. (1).jpg|''New York'' sails with the [[destroyer]] {{Ship|USS|Porter|DDG-78|2}}, 10 June 2012
File:2015 Deployment Week 1 141219-M-WA276-004.jpg|''New York'' leads [[dock landing ship]], {{Ship|USS|Fort McHenry|4=2}} across the [[Atlantic Ocean]], 19, December 2014.
File:USS New York (LPD-21) 180919-N-JY604-130 (42976389320).jpg|''New York'' arrives at [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]], 19 September 2018
File:VMM-774 MV-22Bs on USS New York.jpg|''New York'' off the coast of [[Marine Corps Air Station New River]], 29 June 2023
File:24th MEU (SOC) Arrives in Cyprus Aboard USS New York (LPD 21) (8696692).jpg|The [[24th MEU]], embarked on ''New '', arrives in [[Cyprus]], 13 October 2024
</gallery>


==References==
{{Reflist}}
*{{Naval Vessel Register|hull=LPD-21}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|USS New York (LPD-21)}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.ussnewyork.com/ |title=USS ''New York'' |first=Scott |last=Koen |publisher=ussnewyork.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021229095444/http://www.ussnewyork.com/ |archive-date=2002-12-29}}
*{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/warship-built-out-of-twin-towers-wreckage-wfgn8xrw96s |title=Warship built out of Twin Towers wreckage |first=Tom |last=Baldwin |date=22 May 2006 |newspaper=[[The Times]] |location=London}}

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