US launches 'Twin Towers' warship

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A warship built with steel salvaged from the World Trade Center has been put into service in New York.

Hundreds of US Navy officers and sailors and also families of 9/11 victims attended the commissioning of the USS New York in Manhattan.

"No matter how many times you attack us, we always come back," US Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus said.

The bow of amphibious assault ship has 7.5 tonnes of melted steel from the debris of the World Trade Center.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8348885.stm


Cool in a way I suppose, but on the other hand, couldn't it be seen as bad luck to be sailing a ship made from steel of where people died on 9/11? I know steel is just steel, it depends if you are superstitious I guess.
 
I am sure a lot of that perfectly good steal is in use in many many places, not just that stupid boat, its paint job is horrid.
 
Good idea. It annoys me the ammount of increased security and rubbish brought about because of the 9/11 attacks, in some ways we lost, this is a nice symbol that shows you cannot defeat us and we will always come back stronger.
 
Interior of it:

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Pretty cool ship.
 
A symbol is clearly all it is, a ship tha size, 7.5 tonnes of metal in the bow? Bet the anchor weighs more.

I assume the 'amphibious' part of it name refers to vehicles it can launch rather than it sprouting legs darwinian stylee and marching onshore itself? Now that would be worth seeing.
 
Im willing to bet theirs a piece of Metal thats the size of a 20 pence piece in one of the stairs.
 
cu3ed said:
Im willing to bet theirs a piece of Metal thats the size of a 20 pence piece in one of the stairs.
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Actually a “little” bit more than that, the bow section was made from it, it weighs 7.5 tons. :)

LOL too slow on the post.

OK, a few facts:

Length - 684 feet (208.5 meters)
Beam - 105 feet (31.9 meters)
Displacement Approximately - 24,900 tons full load
Speed - In excess of 22 knots (24.2 mph)
Aircraft - Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two MV-22
Osprey tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or
recovered simultaneously. The ship’s hangar can
store 1-2 aircraft.
Armament - Two 30 mm Close-in-Guns, for surface threat defense; two Rolling Airframe Missile launchers for air defense
Landing Craft - Two LCACs (air cushion) or one LCU (conventional)
EFVs - 14 Marine Corps Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles
Power plant Four - Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 41,600 shp
Crew - 360 Sailors (28 officers, 332 enlisted) and 3 Marines
Troops - 699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total.
LPD 17 Class - USS San Antonio (LPD 17), USS New Orleans (LPD 18), USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19), Green Bay (LPD 20), New York (LPD 21), San Diego (LPD 22), Anchorage (LPD 23), Arlington (LPD 24), and Somerset (LPD 25)
Motto - “Never Forget.”
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ahh right.

Very American to make it into a Warship tho, not, like, say a freedom sculpture or somthing ridiculous lol.
 
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