Someone sent me this today. Pretty cool.




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"

That is pretty cool, though it is certainly not a traditional warship. I hadn't heard about that class at all.

Kickass.

According to Snopes.com the story is real, but the picture is not, at least it is not the USS New York - the boat in the picture is apparently the USS San Antonio - which is the same class of ship

Neat concept, anyway. Certainly better than those 3-D gold coin WTC things. Those are kinda crass.

It looks like a plastic ship from Battleship.