supercar1of1
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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!!!!'