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USS New York (LPD-21) is a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, and the fifth ship of the United States Navy named after the state of New York. [ 5 ] [ 1 ] Naming
USS New York (BB-34) was a United States Navy battleship, the lead ship of her class. Named for New York State, she was designed as the first ship to carry the 14-inch (356 mm)/45-caliber gun. Entering service in 1914, she was part of the U.S. Navy force which was sent to reinforce the British Grand Fleet in the North Sea near the end of World ...
USS New York (ACR-2/CA-2) was the second United States Navy armored cruiser so designated; the first was the ill-fated Maine, which was soon redesignated a second-class battleship. Due to the unusually protracted construction of Maine , New York was actually the first armored cruiser to enter U.S. Navy service.
USS New York (1800), a 36-gun frigate commissioned in 1800 and burned by the British in 1814. USS New York (1820), a 74-gun ship of the line laid down in 1820 which never left the stocks and was burned in 1861. A screw sloop named Ontario laid down in 1863; renamed New York in 1869, and sold while still on the stocks, in 1888.
Unnamed, Poughkeepsie, New York (canceled, unknown date) [4] United States Navy. ... USS New Hampshire (launched as depot ship, 1864; training ship, ...
USS Intrepid: United States New York: New York City: United States: 1943 Essex class: Aircraft carrier: Helped to sink the Japanese battleship Musashi, the largest and most powerful battleship ever made [28] USS Iowa: United States California: San Pedro: United States: 1942 Iowa class: Battleship: as of 7 July 2012 USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr ...
The New York Shipbuilding Corporation (or New York Ship for short) was an American shipbuilding company that operated from 1899 to 1968, ultimately completing more than 500 vessels for the U.S. Navy, the United States Merchant Marine, the United States Coast Guard, and other maritime concerns. At its peak during World War II, NYSB was the ...
Maine and Texas were part of the "New Navy" program of the 1880s. Texas and BB-1 to BB-4 were authorized as "coast defense battleships", but Maine was ordered as an armored cruiser and was only re-rated as a "second class battleship" when she turned out too slow to be a cruiser.