From Wikipedia.
A San Antonio -class amphibious transport dock, and the fifth ship in the U.S. Navy to be named after the state of New York.
I have been writing about her sister ship, the USS Green Bay (LPD-20) in my Cooter's History Thing blog.
Shortly after September 11, 2001, New York governor George E. Pataki wrote a letter to Secretary of Navy Gordon R. England requesting that the Navy bestow the name "New York" to a surface ship involved in the Global War on Terror to honor the victims of the September 11 terror attacks.
In his letter, the governor said he understood state names were now reserved for submarines but asked for special consideration so the name could be given to a surface ship. The request was approved on 28 August 2002.
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