USS New York (LPD21)

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Название: USS New York (LPD21)

Автор(ы): Collective

Издательство: Faircount Media Group

Год: 2009

ISBN: No

Страниц: 188

Язык: English

Формат: PDF (e-book)

Размер: 80 MB

USS New York (LPD-21), the fifth San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named after the state of New York. New York has a crew of 360 and can carry up to 700 Marines. It is notable for using a symbolic amount of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center after it was destroyed in the September 11 attacks. On 10 June 2012 the ship was deployed for the first time to the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf region. It deployed with marines from 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division and returned in December 2012 along with the USS Iwo Jima and the USS Gunston Hall with Marines from the same unit attached to all three ships. In late 2013, the New York shifted homeport from Norfolk to Naval Station Mayport in Florida, as part of the Iwo Jima ARG move. 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.