By VERENA DOBNIK (AP) NEW YORK — The USS New York, built with steel from the rubble of the World Trade Center, was put into Navy service Saturday both as a symbol of healing and strength. “No matter how many times you attack us, we always come back,” Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus said at the [...]
Posted on 8 November 2009 | 10:02 am
A military band played and sailors fired off cannons as the Navy began a ceremony to commission its newest assault ship forged with tons of steel from the World Trade Center. Hundreds of sailors and officers stood at attention on a chilly Saturday morning as the Navy put the USS New York into service at a [...]
Posted on 8 November 2009 | 12:56 am