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Rosybabe
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USS NEW YORK
« on: Aug 23rd, 2007, 4:56pm » |
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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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Re: USS NEW YORK
« Reply #1 on: Aug 23rd, 2007, 4:58pm » |
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I can't express how I feel - huge lump in my throat here and I loved reading this. Thanks for posting it Rosy. I had heard about it before but its the kind of news that will never get old isn't it?
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Re: USS NEW YORK
« Reply #2 on: Aug 23rd, 2007, 4:58pm » |
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SOOOOOOOOOOOO VERY COOL!!!!!
How great is that!
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Re: USS NEW YORK
« Reply #3 on: Aug 23rd, 2007, 5:13pm » |
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WTC STEEL POUR - Three veteran employees of Amite Foundry open the ladle containing more than 20 tons of molten steel, from the World Trade Center. The steel will become the bow-stem of USS New York (LPD 21) named in honor of the victims and heroes of the September 11, 2001 tragedy.
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Re: USS NEW YORK
« Reply #4 on: Aug 23rd, 2007, 5:47pm » |
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on Aug 23rd, 2007, 4:56pm, Rosybabe wrote:It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered ashore by helicopters and assault craft.
'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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It sails solid and ready.
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Re: USS NEW YORK
« Reply #5 on: Aug 23rd, 2007, 6:04pm » |
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Truly amazing, and inspiring..........Thank you for the post
Never Forget.........
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Re: USS NEW YORK
« Reply #6 on: Aug 23rd, 2007, 7:19pm » |
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 ---Only the strongest from New York
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Re: USS NEW YORK
« Reply #7 on: Aug 23rd, 2007, 8:59pm » |
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Thanks for this!
Nice story and I hope to see more of it.
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