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Ceremony marks commission of USS New York

The command rang out at Pier 86 on Manhattan's West Side: "Bring the ship to life!"

Moments after noon Saturday, as crew members in dress blues stood at attention along the rails, radar antennas on America's newest warship began to revolve, black smoke poured from three stacks, sirens blared and the whistle blew.

With that, the USS New York - docked across the water at Pier 88, just...

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