Patriotic Photos November 10, 2009  |  |   
	
		
			
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			The amphibious transport dock ship USS New York is commissioned 
			in New York, Nov. 7, 2009. 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. The New York is 
			the sixth U.S. Navy ship named after a state and will be homeported 
			in Norfolk, Va. 
			U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Dan Meaney | 
		 
	 
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