The U.S. Navy announced the future USS Cooperstown will be stationed in New York City. The USS Cooperstown (LCS 23) will join the active fleet May 6, with a commissioning ceremony in New York City, a media release said. Cooperstown will be the newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship to join the Surface Force. âI can't think of a better place to commission the future USS Cooperstown than New York City,â Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro said in the release.