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HERE SHE COME TO NEW YORK HARBOR - THE USS NEW YORK
She will be arriving in NY harbor on Nov 1, 2009 and commissioned in the US Navy Nov. 7.
If you are planning a trip to NY, you will be able to tour the ship during that week.
Here she is
Here SHE is, 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 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!
Blessed are those who have one hand held by God and the other held by a friend!
If you are planning a trip to NY, you will be able to tour the ship during that week.
Here she is
Here SHE is, 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 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!
Blessed are those who have one hand held by God and the other held by a friend!
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Comment by fatman on September 29, 2009 at 6:47am -
VERY NICE!!!
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Comment by ConservativeGal on September 15, 2009 at 1:20pm -
What a wonderful blog Sammi. Thank you so much for sharing this. I have a sneaky suspicion that this boat has a whole crew of spirit guides too.
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