Wow, 6 Ships named after New york
-The first New York was a gondola, built on Lake Champlain in 1776, that participated in the Battle of Valcour Island.
-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.
-The fourth New York (CA-2) was an armored cruiser commissioned in 1893, in action in the Spanish-American War, renamed to Saratoga in 1911, renamed Rochester in 1917, decommissioned in 1933, and scuttled in 1941.
-The fifth New York (BB-34) was a battleship commissioned in 1914, in action in both World War I and World War II, decommissioned in 1946 and sunk as a target ship in 1948.
-The sixth New York (LPD-21) is an amphibious transport dock currently under construction. Some of the metal used comes from the rubble of the World Trade Center.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_York
For more info on the 6th Ship, look here:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1800575