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Do you ever wonder what happened to
« on: Sep 12th, 2006, 6:04pm » |
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The scrap metal after 9/11....
USS New York
With a year to go before it even touches the water, the Navy's amphibious assault ship USS New York has already made history. It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center.
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 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.
"It would be fitting if the first mission this ship would go on is to make sure that bin Laden is taken out, 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 New York is coming right through the front door, and we want them to know that."
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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Re: Do you ever wonder what happened to
« Reply #1 on: Sep 13th, 2006, 12:00am » |
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May GOD bless the ship and Crew and keep them safe!!
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Re: Do you ever wonder what happened to
« Reply #2 on: Sep 13th, 2006, 10:35am » |
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Wow Gena, thank you for sharing that. That's pretty cool!
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Re: Do you ever wonder what happened to
« Reply #3 on: Sep 13th, 2006, 10:51am » |
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Saw that a few weeks ago, absolutely incredible. Nothing like using a part of what they tried to destroy, to kick their ass with!
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