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warship built out of twin towers wreckage
London Times Online ^ | May 23, 2006 | Tom Baldwin

Posted on 05/23/2006 8:47:05 AM PDT by RDTF

In a shipyard in New Orleans, survivors of one disaster are building a monument to another.

IN A city still emerging from the floods of Hurricane Katrina, a ship has begun to rise from the ashes of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Bringing together America’s two great calamities of the 21st century, the USS New York is being built in New Orleans with 24 tonnes of steel taken from the collapsed World Trade Centre. One worker, Tony Quaglino, said: “I was going to go in October 2004 after 40 years here, but I put it off when I found out I could be working on New York. This is sacred and it makes me very proud.” Glen Clement, a paint superintendent, said: “Nobody passes by that bow section without knocking on it. Everybody knows what it is made from and what it’s about.”

The ship is being built by Northrop Grumman on the banks of the Mississippi. It should be ready to join the US Navy in 2007.

There is no shortage of scrap metal in New Orleans these days, but the girders taken from Ground Zero have been treated with a reverence usually accorded to religious relics. After a brief ceremony in 2003, about seven tonnes of steel were melted down and poured into a cast to make the bow section of the ship’s hull.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: forceofliberty; ussnewyork
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1 posted on 05/23/2006 8:47:06 AM PDT by RDTF
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To: RDTF

This act is very touching. I pray for a special blessing on this ship and all who travel within her.


2 posted on 05/23/2006 8:51:14 AM PDT by 2001convSVT ("People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence")
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To: 2001convSVT

I hope it brings peace where we need and delivers death and destruction to those who deserve it.


3 posted on 05/23/2006 8:53:21 AM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen (Not available)
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To: 2001convSVT

There was a girder from one of the Towers on display at our County Fair last year....I noticed that some rust flecks from it were on the pavement below, so I scooped one up (small - maybe 1/4 x 1/4 inch) and brought it home, laminated, labeled and framed it.


4 posted on 05/23/2006 8:55:29 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (Meep Meep)
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To: RDTF

"May the Lord fill our sails with fair wind, support our hulls in inviting seas, guide our hands upon the tiller toward pleasant places and bring us home, O Lord, to a safe and loving harbor."


5 posted on 05/23/2006 8:56:38 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (George Allen's conservatism is as ephemeral as his virtual fence.)
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from article:

FORCE OF LIBERTY

USS New York, USS Arlington and USS Somerset will be part of a nine-vessel fleet of new amphibious transport ships


Length: 208.5m (684ft) — more than twice as long as the Statue of Liberty


Beam: 31.9m (105ft); weight: 24,900 tonnes; speed: 22 knots


Equipment: helicopters, landing craft, amphibious vehicles, missile launchers


Crew: more than 1,000, comprising 361 ship’s company plus 699 marines


6 posted on 05/23/2006 9:01:59 AM PDT by RDTF
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To: ErnBatavia

I was in Mobile, Alabama once and they were stripping paint off of an sr-71, so I grabbed a piece of the rubberized coating.


7 posted on 05/23/2006 9:04:14 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: RDTF

I HOPE THIS SHIP FIRES THE MISSILE THAT TAKES OUT OBL OR THAT PERSIAN RUGRAT......


8 posted on 05/23/2006 9:05:23 AM PDT by Red Badger (Liberals ignore criminal behavior, reward sloth and revere incompetence...........)
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To: RDTF
I thought the Chinese bought up all the scrap metal. Seems to be the only thing they are willing to buy from us.
9 posted on 05/23/2006 9:16:20 AM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: Red Badger
Can anyone list any reason why the MSM isn't reporting this story?

Lets see: # 1) American Patriotism is bad

10 posted on 05/23/2006 9:23:44 AM PDT by getbillnow
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To: RDTF

There is a good special on TV about this ship and her construction. It might have been the History Channel?, Modern Marvels?


11 posted on 05/23/2006 9:29:02 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: Cold Heart; AliVeritas

This will be the fifth USS New York. The fourth ship to bear this name was laid down ... 11 Sep 1911.


12 posted on 05/23/2006 9:35:06 AM PDT by sono ("Why can't we deport them? Mexico did." J Leno)
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To: getbillnow

Not so much, American Patriotism, but any reminders of 9-11 are to be avoided at all times. Must not stir the people's minds up with reminders that we are actually in a war for our very existence. Notice that, unless there is something bad happening in Afghanistan it is pretty much ignored. Iraq, Iraq, Iraq is the MSM's sole target. Any connection to 9-11 is dismissed and the news must be bad at all times...........


13 posted on 05/23/2006 9:54:02 AM PDT by Red Badger (Liberals ignore criminal behavior, reward sloth and revere incompetence...........)
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To: Red Badger
And news must undermine all rights to defend and protect our Constitution whether locally (immigration) or abroad.

Other than that, dang they are doing a fine job of journalism!

14 posted on 05/23/2006 10:09:26 AM PDT by getbillnow
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To: ErnBatavia
There was a girder from one of the Towers on display at our County Fair last year..

Here is a pile on the grounds at NIST (Gaithersburg, MD). Ouur group was very quiet when look at, and walking around, these girders. Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

15 posted on 05/23/2006 10:10:03 AM PDT by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† | Iran Azadi | SONY: 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0urs)
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To: sionnsar

Although this is great, only the nose of the ship is made of Sept. the 11th steel! I saw the episode on THC!

I hope it reaks havoc on ragheads everywhere!


16 posted on 05/23/2006 10:28:45 AM PDT by bicyclerepair (Moonbats are everywhere!)
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To: RDTF

Sail this gal right into the Persian Gulf and dare anyone to even paint it with radar...Hey Osama...this puppy will be carrying Marines and supplies to your boys...


17 posted on 05/23/2006 10:41:21 AM PDT by DesScorp
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To: DesScorp

I'd like to see a huge painted sign of each side, on the hull, saying, "Crash this MF?"


18 posted on 05/23/2006 10:49:53 AM PDT by oyez (Appeasement is insanity)
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To: Peanut Gallery; SAMWolf; snippy_about_it; bentfeather; Samwise; Wneighbor; Valin; alfa6; Iris7; ...

ping


19 posted on 05/23/2006 10:51:00 AM PDT by Professional Engineer (USA, USA, USA)
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To: Professional Engineer

bump!


20 posted on 05/23/2006 10:52:06 AM PDT by Soaring Feather
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