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ARLINGTON, Va. — From rubble to avenging angel: The U.S. Navy is using steel from the World Trade Center in a new ship, according to the Navy. Ten tons of steel from the World Trade Center’s twin towers will be used in the construction of the USS New York, according to a Navy official.

ARLINGTON, Va. — From rubble to avenging angel: The U.S. Navy is using steel from the World Trade Center in a new ship, according to the Navy. James Marcel Cartier was one of the victims of the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center. His father says the USS New York will be a fitting tribute to Cartier and the rest of the Sept. 11 victimes. Ten tons of steel from the World Trade Center’s twin towers will be used in the construction of the USS New York, according to a Navy official. The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock...

WASHINGTON — The Navy announced it will name two planned ships after the places where two of the planes hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001, crashed. The Arlington will be named for Arlington, Va., where the Pentagon is. The Somerset will be named for the county in Pennsylvania where it is believed hijackers deliberately crashed their plane after passengers rose up against them. The ships are amphibious transport docks, the eighth and ninth of the San Antonio class. Each will have a crew of 363 people and will be capable of carrying 699 Marines. The Arlington and Somerset will be built...

  Navy Honors Sept. 11 by Naming New Ships for Arlington, SomersetStory Number: NNS040909-13Release Date: 9/9/2004 3:52:00 PMSpecial release from the U.S. Department of DefenseWASHINGTON (NNS) -- Secretary of the Navy Gordon England named the eighth and ninth ships of the San Antonio-class of Amphibious Transport Dock ships as Arlington and Somerset. The future USS Arlington and USS Somerset will join USS New York as living tributes to those who suffered in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and to the nation. Arlington was chosen to honor the city and county in northern Virginia, and especially, the 184...

My apologies if this is not done correctly, my first attempt.. =============== Trade center steel poured into mold for Navy ship By VICKI FERSTEL - vferstel@theadvocate.com - Suburban writer AMITE -- A relic of one of this nation's greatest tragedies -- 24 tons of steel from the World Trade Center -- was transformed Tuesday into a symbol of this country's military might when the steel was superheated and poured into a casting mold to create parts for the U.S. Navy's amphibious transport dock ship New York. The transformation took place in the small town of Amite, population 2,000, which houses...

NEW ORLEANS (CBS) About 24 tons of steel from the ruins of the World Trade Center is being melted down to form part of a new Navy ship that will be named the USS New York. Casting of a section called the bow stem was set for Tuesday at a foundry in Amite. The section will later be shipped to Northrop Grumman Corp.'s shipyard at Avondale, just outside New Orleans. "Symbolically, the World Trade Center steel will be the first part of the ship slicing through the water," said Ed Winter, a spokesman for Northrop Grumman's shipbuilding division. "That's in...

Around 24 tons of steel plucked from the ruins of the World Trade Center after a terrorist attack two years ago will be used to build a US Navy ship called the USS New York, officials said. The wreckage will be melted down Tuesday to form the front of the bow of the 196 meter (684-foot) amphibious assault craft due to be delivered to the navy in 2007, said the ship's builders, Los Angeles-based Northrop Grumman. "The metal will be melted down and cast into the bow stem of the ship in a tribute to the victims and the heroes...

By Associated Press NEW ORLEANS -- About 24 tons of steel from the ruins of the World Trade Center is being melted down to form part of a new Navy ship that will be named the USS New York. Casting of a section called the bow stem was set for Tuesday at a foundry in Amite. The section will later be shipped to Northrop Grumman Corp.'s shipyard at Avondale, just outside New Orleans.

A Navy vessel, one day to be christened the USS New York, will bring to life a fallen icon of the city that suffered most from the terrorist attacks two years ago. On Tuesday, workers from the Amite Foundry and Machine Inc. will melt down 24 tons of steel that once formed the shell of the World Trade Center, and begin the process of resurrecting it, in a manner of speaking. At 2,850 degrees Fahrenheit, the steel will soften. From a 50-ton capacity ladle, the melted steel will be poured into a sand mold containing an imprint for the bow-stem...

Scrap salvaged from Ground Zero to be used to build warship 12/29/2002 Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. - Steel salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center was headed to a Mississippi shipyard Saturday for use in the USS New York, a warship named in honor of those who perished in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. It was the Navy's idea to incorporate the steel into the vessel, said Capt. Kevin Wensing, a Navy public affairs officer in Washington. He said the steel was removed Friday from the New York landfill that holds much of the debris from the...

Ship to Be Built From Trade Center Steel Sat Dec 28, 2002, 8:29 PM ET By JOEL STASHENKO, Associated Press Writer ALBANY, N.Y. - Steel salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center was headed to a Mississippi shipyard Saturday for use in the USS New York, a warship named in honor of those who perished in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. It was the Navy's idea to incorporate the steel into the vessel, said Capt. Kevin Wensing, a Navy public affairs officer in Washington. He said the steel was removed Friday from the New York landfill that holds...

<p>ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Steel salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center will be used to build the Navy's USS New York, a warship named in honor of those who perished in New York on Sept. 11, 2001.</p> <p>The scrap steel will be extricated from the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island on Friday and trucked south to a Northrop Grumman shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. Northrop Grumman will start building the USS New York in Pascagoula in the middle of next year.</p>