nylyon-(Admin) 7,120 #1 Posted September 4, 2008 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. They knocked us down. They can't keep us down. We're going to be back.' The ship's motto? 'Never Forget' :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,345 #2 Posted September 4, 2008 Awesome! :USA: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KyBlue 652 #3 Posted September 4, 2008 Awesome! My thoughts..Exactly! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DOC in Kentucky 178 #4 Posted September 4, 2008 Just lookin at it, ran chills up my back :banghead: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
perry 82 #5 Posted September 4, 2008 My thoughts..Exactly! ....very nice Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CasualObserver 3,406 #6 Posted September 4, 2008 In case you missed the link at the very beginning of Karl's post.... The official website.... http://www.ussny.org/ :banghead: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MaineDad 85 #7 Posted September 4, 2008 Makes me proud! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kelly 1,028 #8 Posted September 4, 2008 :banghead: I come from a military family, I salute the men and women, that protect our country, with out them we would all be in trouble. :USA: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duff 206 #9 Posted September 4, 2008 :USA: My dad was a tail gunner on a B-26 in WWII. Flew 36 missions over Germany and Italy and came home alive. My Mom was a 2nd Lt. in the regular Army, also in WWII, as a nurse in the equivalent of a M*A*S*H unit in the Phillippines. She has some real tales to tell (by the way, folks - the movie and TV series weren't that far off from reality!). And I tried to enlist during Nam but found out I had a bad back I didn't even know about. So my hat is off, and I salute everyone who wears the uniform in service to our country! GOD BLESS AMERICA! Duff And man, that is one beautiful vessel! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
illinilefttackle 399 #10 Posted September 4, 2008 :banghead: Great Idea! Those sob's killed 3000 Americans ,of all nationalities, and walks of life, on that day! Hats off to the men & women that get to serve on her. We can never forget history-or we are doomed to re-live it! Pardon my French, but GIVE'M HELL!-AL :USA: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WH854 44 #11 Posted September 5, 2008 :banghead: You fellows have said it all. I spent a little time in the US Navy june 1952 to june 1956. I know a few sea stories myself. GOD BLESS AMERICA and the crew on the New York Chas From Butler Pa :lol: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mkevinr63 4 #12 Posted September 5, 2008 Looking at her makes me feel a lot safer living in the good ol' USA!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sshell 8 #13 Posted September 5, 2008 It is a pheonix to rise up from the ashes. :omg: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bo dawg 477 #14 Posted September 9, 2008 :D that is one lean mean fighting bad a_ _ machine, first I heard about it. But just looking at it makes me proud That would be one emotional ride. Just to think... where the iron came from to make such a thing, and then all the lives that was lost, and then just...just...just LET ME AT THEM CONTROLS!! and then show :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
