GC-built NY remembers 9/11

MAYPORT, Fla. - More than 400 people gathered on the pier at Naval Station Mayport on Sept. 11 - next to the bow of amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21) – for a remembrance ceremony to the tragic events of 9/11. The ceremony included the presentation of a firefighter’s jacket from a survivor of 9/11 and a wreath-laying. "Fifteen years ago to the day and the hour, our nation came to a standstill," said LPD-21 chaplain Lt. Dirk Caldwell. USS New York was constructed at the former Avondale, La., shipyard with seven-and-a-half tons of steel from the World Trade Center forged into her bow. New York was christened March 1, 2008, at Avondale, and delivered to the Navy on Aug. 21, 2009, at New Orleans. (Source: USS New York 09/15/16)