USS New York (LPD-21) [SEP] vessel class
USS New York (LPD-21)
USS "New York" (LPD-21) is a and the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named after the state of New York.
Naming.
Shortly after 11 September 2001, Governor of New York George E. Pataki wrote a letter to Secretary of the Navy Gordon R. England requesting that the Navy bestow the name ""New York"" on a surface warship involved in the Global War on Terrorism in honor of the victims of the September 11 attacks.
facilities are located in Pascagoula, Gulfport, Mississippi, Bridge City, Louisiana, and Tallulah, Louisiana.
On March 31, 2011, Northrop Grumman spun off its shipbuilding sector (including Ingalls Shipbuilding) into a new corporation, Huntington Ingalls Industries.
Ships.
- NGSS has been awarded the contract to construct the San Antonio class amphibious transport dock (LPD) fleet; including the USS New York (LPD-21), USS Arlington (LPD-24), and USS Somerset (LPD-25).
- NGSS repaired the