Keywords: US Navy 091107-N-4345B-001 Damian LeCompe, a ship builder from Avondale, La., watches the commissioning ceremony for the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) in Times Square.jpg en NEW YORK Nov 7 2009 Damian LeCompe a ship builder from Avondale La watches the commissioning ceremony for the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York LPD 21 in Times Square The ship has 7 5 tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center towers forged into her bow and will be used to support humanitarian amphibious assault special operations and expeditionary warfare missions around the world New York is the sixth U S Navy ship named for the state and will be homeported in Norfolk Va U S Navy photo by Chief Mass Communications Specialist Scott B Boyle/released 2009-11-07 091107-N-4345B-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 78234 U S Navy photo by Chief Mass Communications Specialist Scott B Boyle PD-USGov-Military-Navy Commissioning of USS New York LPD-21 Times Square |