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It actually
happened on November 7, 2009 but it is still worth taking
a look at.
The USS New
York 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'

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