
Here
SHE is, the USS New York
made from the
World
Trade
Center !
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'
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