Uss New York

[grampadirt]

The US Navy had a ship built recently using some of the recycled steel from the Twin Towers.If you look at the bow area you can see a little difference in the color...I thought that was a great idea.

 

 

now hopefully they'll use it to go whoop the terrorists FTW

[Porter_]

that's pretty damn cool. here's an excerpt from www.ussnewyork.com:

 

Casting the Bow Stem

Steel salvaged from the World Trade Center wreckage has been used in the construction of New York. The shipyard and Navy inspected the steel and found that it was of sufficient material strength so that it could be incorporated into the bow stem of New York.

 

"We're very proud that the twisted steel from the World Trade Center towers will soon be used to forge an even strong national defense," said New York Gov. George Pataki. "The USS New York will soon be defending freedom and combating terrorism around the globe, while also ensuring that the world never forgets the evil attacks of September 11, 2001 and the courage and strength New Yorkers showed in response to terror."

 

On 4 August 2005, the LPD 21's bow stem with its World Trade Center steel was erected into the main hull and will forever lead the future USS New York. The complete bow was erected into place in March 2006.

[grampadirt]

that's pretty damn cool. here's an excerpt from www.ussnewyork.com:

 

Casting the Bow Stem

Steel salvaged from the World Trade Center wreckage has been used in the construction of New York. The shipyard and Navy inspected the steel and found that it was of sufficient material strength so that it could be incorporated into the bow stem of New York.

 

"We're very proud that the twisted steel from the World Trade Center towers will soon be used to forge an even strong national defense," said New York Gov. George Pataki. "The USS New York will soon be defending freedom and combating terrorism around the globe, while also ensuring that the world never forgets the evil attacks of September 11, 2001 and the courage and strength New Yorkers showed in response to terror."

 

On 4 August 2005, the LPD 21's bow stem with its World Trade Center steel was erected into the main hull and will forever lead the future USS New York. The complete bow was erected into place in March 2006.

 

 

 

 

I remember reading that somewhere,glad you found it. I was stationed on the USS Denver LPD 9,in 1969 and am a plank owner.What's a plank owner?,check this out:

USN plank owners

[Schmids5.3l]

Where are the cannons?

[grampadirt]

Where are the cannons?

 

 

I'm guessing it has missiles of some kind

[nick44]

I remember hearing about this a while ago but I wasnt sure if it was true or not. What a great feeling that must be to sail on that ship! Thanks for sharing Gramps!

[grampadirt]

I remember hearing about this a while ago but I wasnt sure if it was true or not. What a great feeling that must be to sail on that ship! Thanks for sharing Gramps!

 

 

Especially if you lost someone in that disaster

[ryan_hermanutz]

It's not a destroyer; it's an amphibious transport dock ship. But here is its armament

 

Mk 41 16 Cell VLS for ESSM 1 (if required)

RAM Missile Launchers 2 x Mark 31 Mod 0

30mm Guns 2 x Mark 46 Mod 1

.50-calibre Machine Guns 2 x Mark 26 Mod 18

 

http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/lpd17/specs.html

[Schmids5.3l]

Propulsion:

 

Diesel Engines 4 Colt-Pielstick 2.5 STC (10,400hp each)

[VMax2007]

Propulsion:

 

Diesel Engines 4 Colt-Pielstick 2.5 STC (10,400hp each)

 

That's BEFORE Justin get's his hands on them.

[georgerosen06]

Propulsion:

 

Diesel Engines 4 Colt-Pielstick 2.5 STC (10,400hp each)

 

That's BEFORE Justin get's his hands on them.

 

 

does he pay you for every time you say his name or something? lol you throw his name out a lot

[VMax2007]

Propulsion:

 

Diesel Engines 4 Colt-Pielstick 2.5 STC (10,400hp each)

 

That's BEFORE Justin get's his hands on them.

 

 

does he pay you for every time you say his name or something? lol you throw his name out a lot

 

 

It was a JOKE!

[ZZ327]

I think theyre going to make 3 others

 

 

"On 9 September 2004, the Secretary of the Navy announced that two of her sister ships will be named Arlington and Somerset, in commemoration of the places two of the other planes used in the attack came down: Somerset County, Pennsylvania and Arlington, Virginia."

 

Perhaps the most striking feature of the USS New York’s makeup is the approximately 24 tons of steel from the World Trade Center used in her construction. Scrap metal from the center, destroyed during the 9/11 attacks of 2001, was melted down to make the bow of the hull. The ship’s motto, fittingly enough, is “Never Forget.”

 

It was welcome news as we approached the seventh anniversary of 9/11, which is for me usually a season of frustration — an annual reminder of the misdirected follies in Iraq and our failure to apprehend Osama bin Laden. It’s not only a ship of war, but a vessel symbolizing for the world our resolve and tenacity. It’s a reassuring reminder of this country’s strength of character, a demonstration of our ability to, quite literally, pick up the pieces and renew the fight.

 

A Navy captain at the scene later told the media that when the melted metal was poured into the moulds for the ship’s bow section, “those big rough steelworkers treated it with total reverence.”

 

“It sounds trite, but I saw it in their eyes,” added Philip Teel, head of the ship systems division for Northrop Grumman, the company that built the ship. “These are very patriotic people, and the fact that the ship has steel from the trade center is a source of great pride. They view it as something incredibly special. They’re building it for the nation.’ Wikipedia.com

[grampadirt]

I think theyre going to make 3 others

 

 

"On 9 September 2004, the Secretary of the Navy announced that two of her sister ships will be named Arlington and Somerset, in commemoration of the places two of the other planes used in the attack came down: Somerset County, Pennsylvania and Arlington, Virginia."

 

Perhaps the most striking feature of the USS New York's makeup is the approximately 24 tons of steel from the World Trade Center used in her construction. Scrap metal from the center, destroyed during the 9/11 attacks of 2001, was melted down to make the bow of the hull. The ship's motto, fittingly enough, is "Never Forget."

 

It was welcome news as we approached the seventh anniversary of 9/11, which is for me usually a season of frustration — an annual reminder of the misdirected follies in Iraq and our failure to apprehend Osama bin Laden. It's not only a ship of war, but a vessel symbolizing for the world our resolve and tenacity. It's a reassuring reminder of this country's strength of character, a demonstration of our ability to, quite literally, pick up the pieces and renew the fight.

 

A Navy captain at the scene later told the media that when the melted metal was poured into the moulds for the ship's bow section, "those big rough steelworkers treated it with total reverence."

 

"It sounds trite, but I saw it in their eyes," added Philip Teel, head of the ship systems division for Northrop Grumman, the company that built the ship. "These are very patriotic people, and the fact that the ship has steel from the trade center is a source of great pride. They view it as something incredibly special. They're building it for the nation.' Wikipedia.com

 

 

It is,it's very special.The bow is the first(and last) thing they'll see when it's comes time for them to kiss their asses goodbye

[Schmids5.3l]

Propulsion:

 

Diesel Engines 4 Colt-Pielstick 2.5 STC (10,400hp each)

 

That's BEFORE Justin get's his hands on them.

 

 

does he pay you for every time you say his name or something? lol you throw his name out a lot

 

 

It was a JOKE!

 

 

And after Jesse gets his hand on them (ignore the hangers ).