[jnette]

Just got this sent to me by a fellow Navy Mom... very timely and very moving. WOW.


New Military Vessel... USS New York

This news brought out some pretty strong feelings for a lot of folks.....

GOD BLESS AMERICA

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 special 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'

[suebird3]

Motto reminds me of 12/7/41; an Uncle was on board the Pennsy when Pearl got hit.

Suebird

[VivaLasViejas]

WOW.

I've got gooseflesh on my arms right now..........after seeing "World Trade Center" last weekend, my family and I seem to be watching anything and everything to do with 9/11, and the thought of touching something that came from the WTC just sends chills down my spine.

Thanks for sharing, jnette!

[jnette]

Originally Posted by mjlrn97

WOW.

I've got gooseflesh on my arms right now..........after seeing "World Trade Center" last weekend, my family and I seem to be watching anything and everything to do with 9/11, and the thought of touching something that came from the WTC just sends chills down my spine.

Thanks for sharing, jnette!

You are so welcome. With 9/11 just around the corner, I just had to share this.