Hot Springs Village Voice Scoops NY Times!

Regarding the existence of the USS New York http://www.ussny.org/

I searched for it in Snopes to verify everything. http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/ussnewyork.asp, but I checked in the New York Times and there was nothing. http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch?query=USS+New+York&srchst=cse

I 'Googled' the term USS New York and found one article in the Hot Springs Village Voice (You know; that weekly community paper in Arkansas) http://www.hsvvoice.com/news/2008/0910/opinions_ideas/025.html

I wonder what else the media chooses to ignore?