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has been borne by at least seven different U.S. military ships, most recently the nuclear submarine USScommissioned in 1979 and retired in 1997. Construction on another ship bearing that name, the 684-foot amphibious transport dock ship USS, began at a shipyard in Avondale, Louisiana. On 1 March 2008 the new vessel was christened there, and it wasWith a year to go before it even touches the water, the Navy’s amphibious assault ship, USS New York, has already made history.
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 vessel was of interest because its bow stem was said to incorporate 7.5 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center which was melted down at a foundry in Amite, Louisiana. The namewas reportedly revived for the warship at the request of New York governor George Pataki to commemorate the September 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S., creating an exception to current U.
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