USSNew YorkIt was built with 24 tons ofscrap steel from the World Trade Center .It is the fifth in a new class of warship -designed for missions that include specialoperations against terrorists. It will carry acrew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marinesto be delivered ashore by helicopters andassault craft.Steelfrom the World Trade Center was melteddown in a foundry in Amite , LA tocast the ship's bow section. When it was pouredinto the molds on Sept 9, 2003, 'those big roughsteelworkers treated it with total reverence,'
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