Miracle on the Hudson
I was warming up my boat, the M/V LT Michael P. Murphy, today at Linclon Harbor Yacht Club, getting it ready for the big freeze tomorrow when I heard a call on the radio “Airplane down in the North...
View ArticleFlight 1549 Rescuers Praised in Waterway Ceremony
BY KAREN ROUSE NorthJersey.com STAFF WRITER NEW YORK – More than 100 “Good Samaritan” mariners who rescued the passengers and crew of U.S. Airways Flight 1549 were praised today by Secretary of...
View ArticleArlington County Board Appoints USS Arlington Commissioning Committee
Monday, January 01, 2007 For Immediate Release: Contact: Frank Shafroth 703-228-3116(voice), 703-228-4743 (TTY) Navy ship commemorates heroes and victims of the 9/11 Pentagon attack The Arlington...
View ArticleNavy Accepts Delivery of Future USS New York
Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS New York Story Number: NNS090821-07 Release Date: 8/21/2009 1:00:00 PM From Naval Sea Systems Command WASHINGTON (NNS) — The Navy officially accepted delivery of the...
View ArticlePCU New York Remembers 9/11
Story Number: NNS090911-20 Release Date: 9/11/2009 4:41:00 PM By Mass Communciation Specialist 1st Class Corey Lewis, Pre-Commissioning Unit New York AVONDALE, La. (NNS) — The crew of Pre-Commissioning...
View ArticleLine the Levees Project for PCU New York
Contact: Carrie DeVriesFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 504.558.1840 devries@theehrhardtgroup.com CITIZENS ENCOURAGED TO LINE THE LEVEES IN SPECIAL SEND-OFF FOR USS NEW YORK – LPD 21 Ship Incorporates Nearly...
View ArticleU.S.S. New York grateful for levee-liners
By Letters to the Editor http://www.nola.com October 18, 2009, 1:29AM Oh, what a day Tuesday was! Despite foggy conditions as we went down the Mississippi River, we saw and heard the support of people....
View ArticleNavy Announces Welcome Salute And Public Visitation For Future USS New York...
For Immediate Release | October 15, 2009 NAVY ANNOUNCES WELCOME SALUTE AND PUBLIC VISITATION FOR FUTURE USS NEW YORK (LPD 21) DURING COMMISSIONING WEEK EVENTS IN NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK, OCT 15 – The...
View ArticleNavy warships stationed along East Coast to help after Irene
By Larry Shaughnessy, CNN Pentagon ProducerAugust 30, 2011 8:36 a.m. EDT Aboard The Uss Wasp (CNN) — Three U.S. Navy ships were stationed a short helicopter ride from New York Harbor as the sun rose...
View ArticleOut with the old ‘Ground Zero’– in with a new World Trade Center
By JOSH MARGOLIN Original article here on NY Post Last Updated: 11:29 AM, September 6, 2011 Posted: 1:28 AM, September 6, 2011 Deep in the bowels of the most closely watched construction site in the...
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