FOLLOWING THE SON FROM MY LITTLE CORNER OF THE WORLD :)
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Thursday, July 16, 2009

HERE SHE IS (USS NEW YORK)!!!! :)

GREAT NEW PHOTOS

Here SHE is! As you scroll down, notice the two twin towers on top.
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Here SHE is, the USS New
York, made from the
World Trade Center !


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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'

Please keep this going so everyone
can see what we are made
of in this country!