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| | Navy Secretary Assigns New Ship Name New York |
 | | The naming ceremony was held aboard the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in Manhattan and was attended by families of victims of 9-11, representatives from the New York Police Department, the Fire Department of New York, and veterans from throughout the state of New York. |
 | | The third USS New York, an armored cruiser (1893-1938), served as flagship of the North Atlantic Squadron during the Spanish-American War and, later, flagship of the Asiatic Fleet before being renamed Saratoga in |
 | | The fourth, the battleship USS New York (BB 34) (1914-1946), served in the North Sea blockade of Germany during World War I and provided shore bombardment during the invasions of North Africa, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa during World War II. |
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