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Here SHE is, the USS New York, made from the World Trade
Centre !
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'
Please keep this going so everyone can see what we are made
of in the USA!
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