Built from 9/11 Steel, USS New York Heads for its Namesake City
The USS New York, a naval ship that includes metal salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center, is headed for the city it is named after. According to the USS New York's blog, was scheduled to leave New Orleans Tuesday morning at 7 a.m. According to the site, the ship's bow stem "contains about 7 1/2 tons of steel from the World Trade Center, felled during the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks."
This USS New York is set to arrive in New York City on November 7th, where it is to be commissioned, and then will head for its home port of Norfolk, Virginia. You can find out much more at the official USS New York Web site, www.ussnewyork.com.
