Uss New York

[Dreamtime]

USS New York

It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Centre .

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 Centre was melted down in a foundry in Amite , LA to cast the ship's bow section. When it was poured into the moulds 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 centre steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the 'hair on my neck stood up.' 'It had a big meaning to it for all of us,' he said. 'They knocked us down. They can't keep us down. We're going to be back.'

The ship's motto? 'Never Forget'

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[flatty hunter626]

good use of the scrap steel and good way to recycle

[Josh88]

Ironic and inspriational-good to see it isn't going to waste.

[vipernut]

Here Are some pics

Stephen

[tuffy]

You gotta love that "never say die" attitude the Yanks have.

A good ending from a very bad start.

I, for one, am very glad they are on our side.

Next thing they need to do is send that ship over to meet the Somali pirates.

Tuffy.

[glennmreid]

nice looking ship.

USS New York

It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Centre .

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 Centre was melted down in a foundry in Amite , LA to cast the ship's bow section. When it was poured into the moulds 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 centre steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the 'hair on my neck stood up.' 'It had a big meaning to it for all of us,' he said. 'They knocked us down. They can't keep us down. We're going to be back.'

The ship's motto? 'Never Forget'

Can't seem to post up pics of her - Mods (Global space left: 0bytes?)

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swordfisherman, mrsswordfisherman or jewhunter are the people you need to contact regarding your global space as they are the admin of fishraider.

[taloyoak]

The US government should be spending money on helping the families of almost 1 million Iraqi's that have been killed as a result of their invasion, or on local problems such as health care.

They should never forget that they have lied to their own people and destroyed a country that was never a threat to the US.