Uss New York Commissioning
November 7, 2009 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
Uss New York Commissioning :Unless you are a VIP with a ticket, you won’t be able to attend in person Saturday’s commissioning of the USS New York into active Navy service, but it will be streamed live on navy.mil. The 11 a.m
Uss New York Commissioning:Unless you are a VIP with a ticket, you won’t be able to attend in person Saturday’s commissioning of the USS New York into active Navy service, but it will be streamed live on navy.mil.
The 11 a.m. ceremony will be at Piers 86 and 88 in Manhattan, where the new amphibious assault ship is docked, along with the retired aircraft carrier Intrepid.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will be the event’s keynote speaker.
The ship was built with 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center in its bow.
The ship, which arrived in its namesake state on Monday after a two-week trip from a Louisiana shipyard, leaves for its home port of Norfolk, Va., on Thursday.
The public can tour the ship at Pier 88 at 12th Avenue and West 48th Street on Sunday from 9 a.m. to noon; Monday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
