USS York
August 13, 2008 by Godfather · Leave a Comment
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.”
