USS New York

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 th at 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!