USS York
August 13, 2008 by Godfather
Was the USS York built with scrap steel from the World Trade Center’s twin towers? The answer is yes.
I have received this one from several Slow Bleed readers. Most of them are wondering if this is indeed real so here you go.
The ship was commissioned March 1, 2008. Here are a few stats as well as photos.
- Bow stem includes seven and a half tons of steel recovered from the World Trade Center’s twin towers
- Construction with World Trade Center steel was encouraged by Governor George Pataki of New York and Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City
- Name given by then Secretary of the Navy Gordon England
- Keel was laid on August 2004
- 1,200 Louisiana workers stayed to keep building the ship after Hurricane Katrina hit the shipyard in August 2005
- Ship was christened at Northrop Grumman’s Avondale shipyard on March 1, 2008
- Motto: “Strength forged through sacrifice. Never forget.”
I dare say that we are going to need it.
I agree with Jim. I think we are going to need it soon!
USS New York
It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center ..
It is the fifth in a new class of warship - designed for missions that include special operations against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered ashore by helicopters and assault craft.
Steel from the World Trade Center was melted down in a foundry in Amite , LA to cast the ship’s bow section. When it was poured into the molds on Sept 9, 2003, ‘those big rough steelworkers treated it with total reverence,’ recalled Navy Capt. Kevin Wensing, who was there. ‘It was a spiritual moment for everybody there.’
Junior Chavers, foundry operations manager, said that when the trade center steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the ‘hair on my neck stood up.’ ‘It had a big meaning to it for all of us,’ he said. ‘They knocked us down. They can’t keep us down. We’re going to be back.’
The ship’s motto? ‘Never Forget’
WOW, great stuff Johnboy! Thanks for the information!