<Li> four AH - 1 SeaCobra or </Li> <Li> four UH - 1 Iroquois helicopters . </Li> <P> USS New York (LPD - 21), the fifth San Antonio - class amphibious transport dock, is the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named after the state of New York . New York has a crew of 360 and can carry up to 700 Marines . A symbolic amount of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center after it was destroyed in the September 11 attacks was used in her construction . </P> <P> Shortly after 11 September 2001, Governor of New York George E. Pataki wrote a letter to Secretary of the Navy Gordon R. England requesting that the Navy bestow the name "New York" on a surface warship involved in the War on Terrorism in honor of the victims of the September 11 attacks . In his letter, the Governor said he understood state names were reserved for submarines but asked for special consideration so the name could be given to a surface ship . The request was approved 28 August 2002 . </P>

Ship made from metal from world trade center