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USS New York

There have been at least five United States Navy ships that have borne the name New York, after the 11th state. See USS New York City for those named after the City.

  • The second New York was a 36-gun frigate commissioned on 1800 and burned by the British in 1814.

  • The third New York was a 74-gun ship of the line, laid down in 1820 but which never left the stocks and was burned in 1861.

  • A screw sloop named New York was laid down in 1863 as Ontario, renamed in 1869, and sold while still on the stocks, in 1888.



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