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USS New York sails into its namesake harbor
Photo credit: Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding | The USS New York (Oct. 16, 2009)
Aboard the USS New York, Lester Toledo of Miami, an electrician serving on the Navy's newest vessel, was psyched.
"It's my first ship," he said. "And I've never been to New York."
And he knew he would soon be entering the Big Apple in unique style as one of 359 crew members on this amphibious assault ship making its debut in the Empire State for its commissioning next Saturday.
"It's...
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