Uss new york

[SAMI]

I searched the forum to make sure this isn't a repost..

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 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 Wensin g, 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'

 

[Bart]

Good looking ship. Hope it catches lots of bad guys.

 

[Cody]

I be Brett has already built a model of it.

 

[Cherokeester]

That is really an awesome thing. I hope it wreaks some havoc where need be.

 

[GOAT]

Ironic that the goverment can whip out a warship with WTC scrap, before even considering construction on the "freedom tower"

At least now we have a new weapon to fight arabs weilding AKs, made in the 60s, living in mud-huts.

rant/off

 

[bobmed]

I wish they would have had new ships when I was in the navy instead of 20 year old ones from the 50's

 

[Meat_]

Damn you're old Bob

 

[bobmed]

Yeah, I was thikin about that. I'm also from the 50's

 

[yellowbronco]

Wicked cool ship. :greg:

 

[RockMonkey]

Ironic that the goverment can whip out a warship with WTC scrap, before even considering construction on the "freedom tower"

At least now we have a new weapon to fight arabs weilding AKs, made in the 60s, living in mud-huts.

rant/off

The government did not own the world trade center, nor are they the builder or owner of the Freedom Tower.

 

[GOAT]

The government did not own the world trade center, nor are they the builder or owner of the Freedom Tower.

I was just commenting on the irony of our priorities as a nation. We seem to have moved on to the next new thing after the media attention, photos ops and chest beating at ground zero were over.

If the "goverment/administration" had any interest in having the monument constructed, it would have gotten behind it, raised the funds and been finished by now. Hell, what should I expect, it took nearly 50 years and Tom Hanks making a movie,to finally get the WWII memorial completed.

we have a ship instead

JMO, thats all

Sami, sorry for getting OT.

 

[RWH]

[psuedo sarcasm]Memorials don't kill terrorists. How terrible would movies like Rambo, Batman, (insert any revenge movie here) be, if instead of royal asswhooping they made sculptures of remembrance. [/psuedo sarcasm]

 

[BullTaco]

Good looking ship. Hope it catches lots of bad guys.

thats the first of 2, the other might be AUSTIN or TEXAS