Pre-Commissioning Unit New York

Members of the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans honor guard render honors to the amphibious transport dock ship Pre-Commissioning Unit New York 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 its bow, and is scheduled to be commissioned Nov. 7 in New York.Photo by John P. Curtis