USS New York

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USS New York...
It was built with 24 tons of
scrap steel 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.'
'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'