VBSS Team from USS New York trains aboard USNS Arctic

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December 21st, 2011

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 7, 2011) The visit, board, search and seizure team from the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) board the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE to commandeer the vessel during a training mission off the coast of Florida. The Sailors boarded the ship after Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit eliminated all hostile elements during their portion of the expanded visit, board, search and seizure. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Michael Petersheim/ Released)
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The future USS New York LPD-21 under construction at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems’ shipyard in Avondale, LA, will be the fifth amphibious transport dock of the San Antonio class. The ship was named New York after the state and incorporates in its construction steel salvaged from the World Trade Centers. Her ship motto is "Never Forget." "We're very proud that the twisted steel from the WTC towers will soon be used to forge an even stronger national defense," New York Gov. George Pataki spoke in 2002. "The USS New York will soon be defending freedom and combating terrorism around the globe, while also ensuring that the world never forgets the evil attacks of Sept. 11 and the courage and strength New Yorkers showed.” This will be the seventh U.S. ship named New York.

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