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| USS New York Delivered - Including WTC Steel |
| 2009-08-21 |
| A ship built in Avondale from 7 1/2 tons of steel taken from the fallen World Trade Center towers was formally signed over to the U.S. Navy today. Apparently by coincidence, shipbuilder Northrop Grumman signed the ship over at the Avondale shipyards precisely at 9:11 a.m. The towers fell after being attacked by terrorist on Sept. 11, 2001. Anybody remember 911? Wasn't it something Dick Cheney did? The ship is called the New York for now. It is the fifth of 10 U.S. Navy "landing platform dock" ships in the San Antonio class, which are designed to haul Marines and their gear to war. It will be commissioned as the U.S.S. New York on Nov. 7 during a ceremony in New York City. And I hope thereafter it only carries exceedingly pissed-off Marines. |
| Posted by:Matt |
| #3 Nice touch. I have always opposed rebuilding the towers. Why? Because they composed of 20% of then office rental space in NYC. Good old capitalism has already met that need. NYC doesn't need the space. |
| Posted by: Sheger McGurque5408 2009-08-21 21:59 |
| #2 "Apparently by coincidence, shipbuilder Northrop Grumman signed the ship over at the Avondale shipyards precisely at 9:11 a.m." Coincidence? I certainly hope not.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-08-21 18:41 |
| #1 As a bubblehead, I'd say that you just can't tell with Marines when they're p-o'd, happy, drunk, sober, whatever. Wotchoo say GolfBravo? ;-) |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2009-08-21 15:43 |