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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Park Police escort the Precommissioning Unit New York as the ship sails into New York Harbor Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. The amphibious transport dock, laid with seven and a half tons of steel from the World Trade Center in its bow, will be commissioned in a ceremony at the Intrepid Air, Sea and Space Museum Nov. 7. It is the sixth Navy ship to bear the name New York.

ANOTHER NEW YORK

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Park Police escort the Precommissioning Unit New York as the ship sails into New York Harbor Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. The amphibious transport dock, laid with seven and a half tons of steel from the World Trade Center in its bow, will be commissioned in a ceremony at the Intrepid Air, Sea and Space Museum Nov. 7. It is the sixth Navy ship to bear the name New York.

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