USS New York

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The battleship USS New York (BB-34), the fifth ship commissioned with that name.
The battleship USS New York (BB-34), the fifth ship commissioned with that name.

Six United States Navy ships have borne the name USS New York, after the State of New York. See USS New York City (SSN-696) for a ship named after New York 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 (ACR-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 laid down in 1911, commissioned in 1914, in action in both World Wars, decommissioned in 1946 and sunk as a target ship in 1948.
  • The sixth New York (LPD-21) is an amphibious transport dock, partly constructed with metal salvaged from the World Trade Center after September 11, 2001.
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