Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lyle Wilkie | USS NEW YORK (LPD 21) | 07.18.2018
MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NNS) — Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4 and Beachmaster Unit (BMU) 2 play a vital role in the various amphibious mission capabilities of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21)....
Courtesy Story | All Hands Magazine | 12.04.2015
It’s early December 1944. The United States has left three years of war in its wake since the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor. The USS New York (BB 34) begins “refresher” gunnery training off Southern California in preparation for amphibious operations in the Pacific Theater – more specifically, she was preparing for Iwo Jima and Okinawa, two key battles for America during World War......
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Nathanael T. Miller | Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport | 11.16.2011
The hot, bright Puerto Rican sun poured its rays down over the Bay of Ponce as the amphibious transport dock USS Ponce slipped its moorings and turned its bow north, heading home to Norfolk, Va. after a warm and energetic final visit to its last-ever port of call (and namesake city), Ponce, Puerto Rico....
