THE TENSION: Photo Essay: Future USS New York Transits Mississippi River

NEW ORLEANS (Oct. 13, 2009) Members of the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans honor guard render honors to the amphibious transport dock ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) New York (LPD 21) as the ship transits the Mississippi River after departing Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Avondale, La. New York has 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center in her bow, and is scheduled to be commissioned Nov. 7 in New York. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John P. Curtis.)

NEW ORLEANS (Oct. 13, 2009) The amphibious transport dock ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) New York (LPD 21) maneuvers under the New Orleans Crescent City Connection bridge on the Mississippi River after departing Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Avondale, La. New York has 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center in her bow, and is scheduled to be commissioned Nov. 7 in New York. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John P. Curtis.)

NEW ORLEANS (Oct. 13, 2009) The amphibious transport dock ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) New York (LPD 21) transits the Mississippi River after departing Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Avondale, La. New York has 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center in her bow, and is scheduled to be commissioned Nov. 7 in New York. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shawn D. Graham.)