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Here she is

THE USS NEW YORK MADE FROM WORLD TRADE CENTER
SCRAP STEEL RECYCLED AS A SYMBOL FOR AMERICA TO

NEVER FORGET!

 



 

 

 

 

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'