OT: 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
Eve rybody 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'

I'm sorry the picture didn't come through... if you would like to see it just email me at [email protected] and I'll send it to you. Or someone can tell me what I'm doing wrong?? lol

Aha! got it to show on my profile page. =)

You can also view it on the website
http://www.ussnewyork.com/

Thanks for sharing!!
Have a Great day!