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USS New York Commissioning date – 11/7/2009

November 16th, 2008

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USS New York Commissioning date – 11/7/2009

At the Intrepid Museum’s Official Opening Day Ceremony on Veterans Day, Governor Paterson announced the USS New York’s Commissioning date as November 7th, 2009.

New York will parade up the Hudson River on November 2nd and tie up at Pier 88 South, just north of Intrepid. While New York is in town she will be open to the public. It is sure to be an incredidible event, it’s been 8 years and finally some of what we lost returns. She will never fill the hole, but she will fill our hearts.

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Twin Towers steel has risen again: Melding pride and determination aboard the New York

November 3rd, 2008

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BY PATRICE O’SHAUGHNESSY
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Sunday, November 2nd 2008, 12:14 AM

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More than 1,300 people are working to finish the USS New York.

Commander Curt Jones Egan-Chin/News

Commander Curt Jones

Grinder Joe Franco Egan-Chin/News

Grinder Joe Franco

AVONDALE, La. — The first thing that hits you about the New York is the enclosed masts that form twin towers stretching skyward over 1,300 workers toiling to finish the massive warship dedicated to the victims of 9/11.

Deep within the ship, there’s a piece of metal in the 25,000-ton vessel with almost sacred significance.

The 7.5-ton,19-foot-long bow stem, which forms the forwardmost part of the ship, is forged from steel recovered from the hallowed land at Ground Zero.

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The future USS New York LPD-21 under construction at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems’ shipyard in Avondale, LA, will be the fifth amphibious transport dock of the San Antonio class. The ship was named New York after the state and incorporates in its construction steel salvaged from the World Trade Centers. Her ship motto is "Never Forget." "We're very proud that the twisted steel from the WTC towers will soon be used to forge an even stronger national defense," New York Gov. George Pataki spoke in 2002. "The USS New York will soon be defending freedom and combating terrorism around the globe, while also ensuring that the world never forgets the evil attacks of Sept. 11 and the courage and strength New Yorkers showed.” This will be the seventh U.S. ship named New York.

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