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>USS New York
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>It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center.
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>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.
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>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 W. Ensing, who was there. "It was a spiritual
>moment for everybody there."
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>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."
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>The ship's motto? "Never Forget"