USS New York
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She
was built with 24 tons of steel integraded into it from the World
Trade Center
It is the
fifth in a new class of warship - designed for missions that include
special operations against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360
sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered ashore by
helicopters and assault craft.
Steel from
the World Trade Center was melted
down in a foundry in Amite, LA to cast the ship's bow section. When
it was poured into the molds on Sept 9, 2003, 'those big rough
steelworkers treated it with total reverence, recalled Navy Capt.
Kevin Wensing, who was there. It was a spiritual moment for everybody there.'
Junior
Chavers, foundry operations manager, said that when the trade center
steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the 'hair on my
neck stood up. He said it had a big meaning for all of us. They
knocked us down, They can't keep us down, We're going to be back.
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The ship's motto 'Never Forget'
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http://www.ussnewyork.com/
