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USS New York
With a year to go before it even touches the water, the Navy's amphibious assault ship USS New York has already made history. It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center . USS New York is about 45 percent complete and should be ready for launch in mid-2007. Katrina disrupted construction when it pounded the Gulf Coast last summer, but the 684-foot vessel escaped serious damage, and workers were back at the yard near New Orleans two weeks after the storm. 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. "It would be fitting if the first mission this ship would go on is to make sure that bin Laden is taken out, his terrorist organization is taken out," said Glenn Clement, a paint foreman. "He came in through the back door and knocked our towers down and (the New York ) is coming right through the front door, and we want them to know that." 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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Posted on: 2006/7/29 1:37
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The USS New York was a dreadnought type battleship and sistership to the USS Texasfrom WWI-WWII. They were launched around 1912 and served thru the end of WWII. The New York was used to escort convoys and for shore bombardment supporting infantry landings-10 14" cannon were her main guns. The New York was sunk in the Baker Atomic bomb testing at the Bikini Atoll having survivrd the first blast-an air burst, the 2nd was submerged-that was all she could take-be proud-took 2 nukes!. The Texas is berthed in the Houston Ship Channel at the San Jacinto Monument and State Park and is the flagship of the Texas Navy-we'll probably be permanantly dry docking her in the next 2 years as a century of salt water is detrimental to her hull. The Texas was drydocked for repairs 12 yrs ago, and it appears it will be better for the ships long term survival, and less expensive than drydocking every decade or so , to permanantly dry - berth the ship. It's the last surviving dreadnought type ship. Congrats on y'alls namesake!
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Posted on: 2006/7/29 17:29
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The USS New York was a dreadnought type battleship and sistership to the USS Texasfrom WWI-WWII. They were launched around 1912 and served thru the end of WWII. The New York was used to escort convoys and for shore bombardment supporting infantry landings-10 14" cannon were her main guns. The New York was sunk in the Baker Atomic bomb testing at the Bikini Atoll having survivrd the first blast-an air burst, the 2nd was submerged-that was all she could take-be proud-took 2 nukes!. The Texas is berthed in the Houston Ship Channel at the San Jacinto Monument and State Park and is the flagship of the Texas Navy-we'll probably be permanantly dry docking her in the next 2 years as a century of salt water is detrimental to her hull. The Texas was drydocked for repairs 12 yrs ago, and it appears it will be better for the ships long term survival, and less expensive than drydocking every decade or so , to permanantly dry - berth the ship. It's the last surviving dreadnought type ship. Congrats on y'alls namesake!
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Posted on: 2006/7/29 17:29
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I would love to see this ship bring in Bin Laden....he is such a fhag.
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Posted on: 2006/7/29 21:17
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Nuke their ass-take their gas!!! What price now, OPEC?
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Posted on: 2006/7/31 4:11
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