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CBadDad
05-03-2007, 06:57 AM
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," he said. "They knocked us down. They can't keep us down. We're going to be back."
The ship's motto? "Never Forget"
http://www.zzrbikes.com/albums/album646/ussny.jpg

Not So Fast
05-03-2007, 07:01 AM
Is it strictly a transport?? I dont see much armament, maybe its hidden. NSF

Trailer Park Casanova
05-03-2007, 07:06 AM
Goes in as part of a battle group of the fleet.
Transport wth some arms.

Howie Feltersnatch
05-03-2007, 07:07 AM
That's the USS San Antonio...
http://www.usssanantonio.org/

Baja Big Dog
05-03-2007, 07:21 AM
That's the USS San Antonio...
http://www.usssanantonio.org/
DOH!!!!!!!!!!!:D

uvindex
05-03-2007, 08:12 AM
That's the USS San Antonio...
http://www.usssanantonio.org/Or at least an artist's rendering of it... :)
The USS New York is a San Antonio class ship, so it's gonna look pretty much the same when it enters the fleet later this year.

uvindex
05-03-2007, 08:19 AM
Is it strictly a transport?? I dont see much armament, maybe its hidden. NSFFrom the Northrup Grumman press release:
The LPD 17 class, 684 feet long and 105 feet wide, will replace the functions of the LPD 4, LSD 36, LKA 113 and LDT 1179 classes of amphibious ships. This new class of ship affords the Navy’s Expeditionary Strike Group with the technology and flexibility to launch and recover two amphibious Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCAC), to operate an array of rotary-wing aircraft and to carry and launch 14 U.S. Marine Corps expeditionary fighting vehicles.
Technological and design advances provide benefits such as enhanced survivability, state-of-the-art command-and-control capability, modernized weapons stations and enhanced ergonomics, which greatly improves quality of life at sea for the sailors and marines. This includes “sit-up” berths that allow occupants to sleep horizontally or sit up vertically to read or write. Each berth also has 40 percent more storage space than other berths.

godfather
05-03-2007, 09:10 AM
its the LPD class there are 12 if in not mistaken being built. the company i used to work for (L-3 communications) we designed all the load controll centers on all those that class of boat. that class of boat is like a stealth carrier which holds 2 LCAC hover crafts, trucks,tanks,and other misc equiptment. they were built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in new orleans, louisiana. i have been on them and they are top noch all the way around.
Anthony

Big Warlock
05-03-2007, 10:23 AM
USS New York, a Navy Battleship Built Using World Trade Center Scrap Metal
Netlore Archive: Forwarded email describes the USS New York, a Navy warship built using 24 tons of scrap metal from the fallen towers of the World Trade Center
Description: Email flier
Circulating since: May 2006
Status: True
Analysis: See below
Email example contributed by an AOL user, 20 May 2006:
Subject: Fw: USS New York
Artists Rendering of the 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. 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'
Comments: True. Scheduled for launch in mid-2007, the Navy warship USS New York is currently under construction in Avondale, Louisiana and will contain about 24 tons of scrap steel salvaged from the World Trade Center. According to Navy sources, the USS New York is the fifth in a new class of amphibious assault vessels, the San Antonio Class, "designed to support embarking, transporting, and landing elements of a Marine landing force in an assault by helicopters, landing craft, amphibious vehicles, and by a combination of these methods to conduct primary amphibious warfare missions."
"This new class of ships will project American power to the far corners of the Earth and support the cause of freedom well into the 21st century," said Secretary of the Navy Gordon England when the project was announced in 2002. "From the war for independence through the war on terrorism, which we wage today, the courage and heroism of the people of New York has been an inspiration. USS New York will play an important role in our Navy's future and will be a fitting tribute to the people of the Empire State."
The half-built ship also has the distinction of surviving the destructive force of Hurricane Katrina, which slowed construction and left hundreds of shipyard workers homeless in August 2005. Many of the workers took up temporary residence at the shipyard so they could continue with the project.
(Image credit: Northrop Grumman)