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Mrs. Dotty England, wife of Deputy Secretary of Defense The Hon. Gordon England, christens the amphibious transport dock Pre-Commissioning Unit New York (LPD 21) at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding New Orleans. The bow of the New York is built with metal recovered from the World Trade Center site. U. S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tiffini M. The Navy's newest amphibious tranport dock was christened "New York" March 1, at the Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding New Orleans Shipyard at Avondale, La.

Emergency Management Officer, Lt. Cmdr. Neil Uemura, briefs personnel from Naval Support Activity New Orleans, about hurricane preparedness, which begins on June 1, 2007. Uemura and staff from the Community Support Center gave a detailed briefing on the dangers of these devastating storms and importance of a community support center. U.S. More than 100 base and tenant command personnel from Naval Support Activity (NSA) New Orleans attended two days of briefings, hosted by NSA’s Emergency Management (EM) Team and the local Community Support Center (CSC), April 9-10 in preparation for the 2007 Gulf Coast hurricane season. The briefings touched on varying subjects that apply to service members who may be ordered to evacuate the region…