Topic: USS New York, made from the World Trade Center (Read 931 times)

murray_61 · « **on:** February 18, 2008, 09:59:17 PM »

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 September 9, 2003, 'those big rough steelworkers treated it with total reverence,' recalled Navy Captain 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'

MRVTX · « **Reply #1 on:** February 18, 2008, 10:30:33 PM »

That is awesome...and their memory lives on!

Kentagious · « **Reply #2 on:** February 19, 2008, 06:34:24 AM »

Very cool

jmdaniel · « **Reply #3 on:** February 19, 2008, 07:10:26 AM »

And true!

http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/ussnewyork.asp

Morgan Buchanan · « **Reply #4 on:** February 19, 2008, 07:25:23 AM »

http://www.ussnewyork.com/

She's slated to be commissioned in the fall of this year.

N5TWL · « **Reply #5 on:** February 19, 2008, 08:01:15 AM »

SouthernXer · « **Reply #6 on:** February 19, 2008, 08:30:23 AM »

Now that's cool!

Christbiker · « **Reply #7 on:** February 19, 2008, 06:58:22 PM »

That's so much more than cool!! That's the kind of thing that makes America so great.

forevrtxan · « **Reply #8 on:** February 19, 2008, 09:13:36 PM »

That is totally AWESOME!!!! Go kick some terrorist Cranberries boys!!!!

murray_61 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 22, 2008, 07:53:57 PM »

The picture was taken in 1918. It is 18,000 men preparing for war in a training camp at Camp Dodge in Iowa. A gift from our grandfathers...

Texas X Riders

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Another Good One...