USS New York

[UVvis]

Originally Posted by ToeCutter

Hows come I don't see any guns on the new boat. That seems like fail to me.

Well, that class ship carries 30mm close range cannons and missiles. Probably a good number of machine gun mounts as well. As mentioned above, it's real power comes from the helo gunships and it's ability to land ground forces. Honestly, even a carrier by itself isn't that impressive, it's what it carries that makes it a big threat. Or even the USS Boxer that was in the news a while back for a successful pirate hunt. These ships deliver hurt, indirectly.

[Alpha Sierra]

Originally Posted by Submariner

Amphibious transport dock = LPD.

It's type may be an LPD, but it belongs to the New York class of LPDs.

As you know, a class of ships is officially known by the name of the first to be commissioned.

USS Arleigh Burke, lead ship of its class for example

[Chris0311]

Makes me very proud! What a mighty, and special ship. Too bad she, couldn't be commissioned on the 10th, though..