The New York Times describes the newly-christened U.S.S. New York -- a futuristic amphibious transport ship with a bow forged from wreckage of the World Trade Center. She's likely to be used by Marines and Special Forces in anti-terror and humanitarian operations. I think it is a beautiful machine.

Here is the official U.S.S. New York site. Another New York Times blog post describes the somewhat less-than-glorious history of previous ships that carried the "U.S.S. New York" name.