7. There’s a Floodable Level on the USS New York

Photo by Erica Price

The USS New York has an enormous well deck, a floodable level for amphibious vehicles to be launched or to dock. On our visit, there was a rapid ship to shore mover (think, massive hovercraft) inside the well deck, which can move at 35 knots.

The well deck is just one of the many levels that store the millions of pounds of equipment that are on the USS New York. There are three levels for vehicles and when the USS New York is deployed, these levels are packed. When all these decks are combined, CMDCM Hodges tells us, it adds up to a football field and a half in length. The USS New York, he says, “is a completely self-sufficient, floating city” with power, water, fire stations, restaurants, stores, and more.