[2001convSVT]

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

[EternalVigilance]

"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."

[RDTF]

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

[Red Badger]

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

[Last Dakotan]

I thought the Chinese bought up all the scrap metal. Seems to be the only thing they are willing to buy from us.

[Cold Heart]

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

[DesScorp]

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...

[Professional Engineer]

ping

[reagan_fanatic]

“Nobody passes by that bow section without knocking on it. Everybody knows what it is made from and what it’s about.”

There are still some who understand what we're really fighting for.

[FortWorthPatriot]

Hmmm. Wonder why we had to read this in the London Times?

[gas0linealley]

This is good news! Right after 9-11 I sent a request to President Bush to do this very thing.

"Melt down our ruined plowshares and turn them into spears".

[freema]

Wow.

There is a piece of WTC beam that sits at the entrance to Camp Geiger, Jacksonville, NC, where all new Marines (save Infantry) learn their prospective jobs, at the Beurit Memorial. It was presented to the Marines by the FDNY in solidarity.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

.

The Man Who Predicted 9/11,

World Trade Center Tower II 1st Vice President for Morgan Stanley Brokerage House's Security, RICK RESCORLA's bronze...

'Follow Me' Statue

...was joyfully unveiled by his widow SUSAN at Ft. Benning GA on April 1st, 2006...

http://www.RickRescorla.com
(See: 'The Statue' Pictures)

http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24361
(The RICK RESCORLA Thread)


...just for the LOVE of it.

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[Salem]

This is truly poignant. This hales back to memories of the battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48). Damaged and sunk at Pearl Harbor, she was raised, refurbished, and after serving well in the Pacific war, ended up in Tokyo Bay for the Japanese surrender. What ytuly delicious irony! May the USS New York and all who serve on her have the same history!

It's great being an American!  

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[IronJack]

Reminds me of the movie The Patriot, when Mel Gibson's character melts down the last of his sons' toy soldiers and casts it into the ball that he uses to shoot the evil Redcoat colonel.

What goes around comes around.