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Major League Baseball Hall of Fame player and manager, Joe Torre, was the ceremony's principle speaker and highlighted the ship’s ties with the namesake service members. I have full confidence that the officers and crew of this great ship will continue to honor their legacy." "LCS 23 honors the baseball greats, who in service of our Nation, sacrificed their baseball careers for us.

"I am pleased to be here in my hometown of New York City to commission the Navy’s newest littoral combat ship, USS Cooperstown,” said Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro. Cooperstown is the first naval ship named after Cooperstown, New York and honors the 70 Hall of Famers who served the United States during wartime in a range of conflicts spanning the Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the Korean War.