The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, passes the World Trade Center construction site as it arrives Monday, Nov. 2, 2009 in New York.
Sailors wave from the deck of the USS New York as it arrives in New York for its commissioning ceremony November 2, 2009. Steel salvaged from the World Trade Center is forged into the bow of the ship, which bears a crest featuring a phoenix rising from the twin towers and the words "Never Forget".
The USS New York enters New York harbor on its way past the former World Trade Center site. The USS New York, a naval vessel whose bow was forged in part with steel from the World Trade Center towers destroyed on 9/11, sailed for the first time Monday into the city's harbor.
The USS New York makes its way up the Hudson River in New York, November 2, 2009. The bow stem of the Naval warship contains seven and half tons of steel recovered from the World Trade Center's Twin Towers.
