Hero Ships

USS New York (1x7)

Data di messa in onda: Lug 13, 2008

This episode reveals how the latest ship to be named “USS New York” was assembled. An “Amphibious Dock Ship,” it is one of the most technologically advanced vessels in America's arsenal, and is reinforced with steel from the World Trade Center towers. Its predecessor, the battleship New York, born in 1911, was present during the German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flo in 1918. Later modernized, it fought a two-ocean war in World War II.