I watched FoxNews -- they showed the ship was Christened. How appropriate to use the steel from 9-11 to build a ship to be used to defend us and go after the terrorists.
NEVER FORGET.
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2 posted on
03/01/2008 10:18:03 AM PST by
ecomcon
To: FocusNexus
Longer article with more detail:
USS New York To Be Christened At Northrop Grumman
"Cmdr. Curtis Jones will captain the vessel once it's sent out to sea.
Cmdr. Jones happens to be from New York. So he realizes what the USS New York and 9/11 mean to his city, and to the country. "It's always an honor to get command of a ship. But to get command of this ship, being from New York, it's an honor beyond pale, and extremely difficult to put into words," he said. "
3 posted on
03/01/2008 10:19:27 AM PST by
FocusNexus
("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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4 posted on
03/01/2008 10:21:07 AM PST by
Kolokotronis
(Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
To: FocusNexus
Americans can be proud!
The other 50% of the people living in this country can go pound sand.
5 posted on
03/01/2008 10:21:51 AM PST by
FlingWingFlyer
(In November, we're going to be able to elect politicians who say they can change the weather. YAY!)
To: FocusNexus
Isaiah 2: "......they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks;....", but, in the meantime since there are nations who wish to make war against us and kill our people, we're going to have to take some of those plows and hooks and turn them into the USS New York.
6 posted on
03/01/2008 10:22:44 AM PST by
muawiyah
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8 posted on
03/01/2008 10:49:12 AM PST by
Diogenesis
(Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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9 posted on
03/01/2008 10:52:41 AM PST by
rbosque
("An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill)
To: FocusNexus; StarFan; Dutchy; alisasny; BobFromNJ; BUNNY2003; Cacique; Clemenza; Coleus; cyborg; ...
A new U.S. Navy ship to be christened Saturday was built partly using steel from the 9/11 ruins of the World Trade Center.The company says on its Web site that the bow-stem of the ship, the seventh to be named "New York," includes 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center.
As Focus Nexus said in post #1:
I watched FoxNews -- they showed the ship was Christened. How appropriate to use the steel from 9-11 to build a ship to be used to defend us and go after the terrorists.
NEVER FORGET.
Thank you for this thread, FocusNexus!
11 posted on
03/01/2008 11:06:37 AM PST by
nutmeg
(Obama supporters: Drink the Kool-Aid? Yes we can!)
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21 posted on
03/01/2008 12:02:36 PM PST by
Dominnae
(When asked by a Persian emissary for his weapons, King Leonidas said "Come and take them.")
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23 posted on
03/01/2008 12:38:00 PM PST by
wastedyears
(This is my BOOMSTICK)
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My problem is that we are naming an amphibious ship after a state. State names should be reserved for cruisers or capital ships.
28 posted on
03/01/2008 1:37:59 PM PST by
rmlew
(Grievance politics is a mental illness)
To: FocusNexus
Once fully commissioned, this is what she will look like...the USS New Orleans, LPD 18:
This is a new class Amphibious Assault Ship, a Landing Platform Dock (LPD). The USS New York is the fifth ship, LPD 21. The first four were the:
USS San Antonio, LPD 17
USS New Orleans, LPD 18
USS Mesa Verde, LPD 19
USS Green Bay, LPD 20
32 posted on
03/01/2008 2:18:42 PM PST by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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....should be one of those moments in time when she sails up the Hudson. The thoughts give me chills
(sadly, ya think she’d be welcome in San Fran?)
33 posted on
03/01/2008 2:40:46 PM PST by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: FocusNexus
From the FOX news article at the link:
The USS New York, an amphibious transport dock ship, is 684 feet long, can top 24 mph, and holds a crew of 360 sailors and three Marines. It is expected to be based in Norfolk, Va.
THREE Marines????????? What kind of Amphib only holds THREE Marines? As an old 'gator sailor, I know the Marines are GOOD, but building a 684' ship and staffing it with a crew of 360 sailors seems to me a bit excessive for THREE Marines .... LOL
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40 posted on
03/02/2008 12:25:45 AM PST by
1COUNTER-MORTER-68
(THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
To: FocusNexus
Congratulations from the EU - keep up that spirit. We got something to learn from you guys.
42 posted on
03/03/2008 1:19:04 AM PST by
Rummenigge
(there are people willing to blow out the light because it casts a shadow)
To: FocusNexus
Put them in the fight. Kick some Koranimal ass.
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