All beautiful gals must be accompanied by pictures!
Posted on 11/02/2009 1:59:46 PM PST by Ancient Drive
A warship built with steel salvaged from the World Trade Center has arrived in New York City. The USS New York sailed up the Hudson River to near Ground Zero, where it fired a 21-gun salute in tribute to those killed in the 2001 attacks. It was watched by relatives of 9/11 victims, along with members of the emergency services and the public. The US Navy is to hold an official commissioning ceremony for the new warship on Saturday. The New York set off on its maiden voyage from Louisiana, where it was built, nearly three weeks ago. The bow of the boat contains 7.5 tonnes of melted steel from the fallen buildings of the World Trade Center. The ship's crest includes images of the Twin Towers and features the colours of the city departments that first responded to the terrorist attacks in which nearly 3,000 people died. 'A transformation' People gathered by the waterfront to watch the ship's 21-gun salute honouring those who died in the 11 September attacks. The crew stood to attention along the deck as the guns were fired. Representatives of New York's police and fire departments and US military, 2 Nov In pictures: USS New York Among those watching was JoAnn Atlas, who lost her firefighter husband in the attacks. "We have to remember. It's a way to honour them," she told the Associated Press news agency. Rosaleen Tallon, whose firefighter brother was among those killed, said she was pleased that the steel from the towers had been reused in the ship. "It's a transformation of it from something really twisted and ugly," she told AP. "I'm proud that our military is using that steel."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Now get out there and give em’ some payback, sailors!
"Uh, sorry, sir. Don't know how that live ammo could have been loaded for the salute. Is everybody at the UN building all right?"
“Uh, sorry, sir. Don’t know how that live ammo could have been loaded for the salute. Is everybody at the UN building all right?”
ROTFLMAO
Hallowed ground. Godspeed!
CBS Radio News reported on this today. The news reader called it a scary looking attack ship with steel in “the pointy end” from the World Trade Center.
Yea, this idiot actually called the bow the pointy end.
If it had been San Franfreakshow, it would have had to use its guns to just get in the harbor.
All beautiful gals must be accompanied by pictures!
The BBC gets it wrong too. Three rifle volleys, not a 21-gun salute. Gun salutes are fired by saluting artillery batteries or naval gus with large caliber crew served weapons. Rifle details fire rifle volleys with rifles. Rifles are not guns.
guns
Somebody please help a landlubber. What kind of “warship” is it?
I don’t remember seeing anything like this before. I have not seen a very good picture of it, but from what I have seen, I can not determine its purpose.
I’m not a student of the navy, but I used to be able to tell the difference between battleships, destroyers, aircraft carriers, submarines, landing craft, etc.
Never heard of an “amphibious transport dock (also called a landing platform dock or LPD).”
Guess it beats “garbage skow.”
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