Here's an interesting story about the new USS. New York . Enjoy
New Military Vessel - The USS New York
> Read on down to see what it is made from!
>
> USS New York
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> With a year to go before it even touches the water, the Navy's amphibious
> assault ship USS New York has already made history.
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> It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center
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> The USS New York is about 45 percent complete and should be ready for
> launch in mid-2007. Katrina disrupted construction when it pounded the
> Gulf Coast last summer, but the 684-foot vessel escaped serious damage, and
> workers were back at the yard near New Orleans two weeks after the storm.
> It is the fifth in a new class of warships 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. "It would be fitting if the first mission this ship
> would go on is to make sure that Bin Laden and his terrorist organization
> is taken out," said Glenn Clement, a paint foreman. "He came in through
> the back door and knocked our towers down and (the USS New York) is
> coming right through the front door, and we want them to know that."
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> 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."
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> 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 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?
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> ''Never Forget''
>
Her later sister ships Arlington and Somerset will also be named to commemorate the other crashes on Sept 11.
http://www.san-antonio.navy.mil/San Antonio is lead of class so the website gives a good idea of what the New York will look like.
Cheers beer:
Andy
I'm working on getting some pics of this baby so keep your fingers crossed!
Doing my toes too just to be sure! :lol:
Cheers beer:
Andy