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Docked at the New York City Pier 88 in Manhattan, the refurbished Pier 88 which usually serves luxury liners is the grey hulled USS New York LPD-21 almost dead center in this image which was here in New York from November 6th through the 12th 2015 to celebrate Veteran’s Week in New York City. Along with USS New York, it’s crew here in the big apple were the current Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Commander of Expeditionary Strike Group Two Rear Admiral Rick Snyder to join in America’s Parade which has been held every year in New York City since 1919 and is presented by United War Veterans Council. Many other Veteran Celebratory activities were carried out in the city with 100’s of sailors, both the crew of the USS New York and the local Navy personnel from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Rear Admiral Snyder said, “It’s an honor to bring USS New York back to its namesake in celebration of our Veterans, Veterans have been a pivotal part of forging this great nation and it is fitting that today’s active duty Sailors and Marines have the opportunity to pay tribute, through not only their service, but also their personal thanks.” Security was substantial, the blue streak to the south of the USS New York is one of two New York City Police Harbor Patrols which were constantly patrolling the ships perimeter.
The USS New York LPD-21 a USS San Antonio Class amphibious transport dock vessel, whose 7.5 metric ton bow stem is forged from the steel of the World Trade Center, fabricated in Avondale Louisiana by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (NGSS). New York Governor George Pataki worked ardently in the acquisition of the WTC steel and it’s delivery to Amite Foundry and Machine in Amite Louisiana as a gift of the citizens of New York to the United States Navy. In a ceremony held on the deck of the USS Intrepid adjacent to where the USS New York is docked now in on September 7, 2002, then Secretary of Navy Gordon England declared that USS New York would be the name of the fifth San Antonio Class Ship at which then New York Governor Pataki was in attendance. In the midst of the vessel’s construction in 2005, the State of Louisiana was rocked by the devastating Hurricane Katrina which halted building. Remarkably there was little or no damage to the ship and its work area, and the construction forged ahead weeks after as New Orleans and the Louisiana coast struggled to recover from the devastating storm.
The USS New York LPD-21 was commissioned into service as part of the United States Naval Forces about 6 years ago, November 9th 2009 2948 days after the events of September 11 2001 right here in Manhattan, New York, at this very pier, Pier 88. I posted a black and white image of the USS New York LPD-21 that I captured on November 11th 2009 at Pier 88 while I was bicycling the Hudson River bikeway click on this link to see the bow forged of WTC steel [ flic.kr/p/dttqom ]. Many question the presence of a strong military, but just seeing the horrific and tragic events in Paris last night on November 13th just brings to light the importance of a strong military to combat those who would do us harm.
This RAW image was captured mild fall evening from Hamilton Park Weehawken New Jersey using a Olympus E-5 manual bulb exposure using the stop watch on my IPhone to keep time with a Olympus Zuiko 70-300MM F4.0-5.6 lens on a Slik 340DX tripod processed in Adobe Lightroom.

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