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November 3rd, 2008
BY PATRICE O’SHAUGHNESSY
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Sunday, November 2nd 2008, 12:14 AM
 Egan-Chin/NewsMore than 1,300 people are working to finish the USS New York.
 Egan-Chin/NewsCommander Curt Jones
 Egan-Chin/NewsGrinder 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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October 29th, 2008
USS NEW YORK
(LPD 21)
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BLAZON
SHIELD: Per chevron enhanced Azure and Argent, overall two pallets couped and a chevronelle conjoined Metal Gris, issuing from base between three mullets chevronwise of the first, a phoenix rising Or from flames Gules charged on the breast with a escutcheon of the second charged with two gouttes de sang in chief between three pallets, of the first, of the fifth and Celeste; a bordure from the State of New York Seal Proper.
CREST: From a wreath Argent and Azure between two sugar maple branches Proper, seven piles radiating from base Or surmounted by the mountains and lake adapted from the State of New York Coat of Arms Proper.
MOTTO: A scroll Azure doubled and inscribed with “NEVER FORGET” Argent.
SUPPORTERS: A Navy CPO saber and Marine NCO sword Saltirewise points down Proper.
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SEAL
The coat of arms as blazoned in full color upon a white oval enclosed by a blue collar edged on the outside with a gold chain and bearing the inscription “USS NEW YORK” at top and “LPD 21” in base all gold.
SYMBOLISM
SHIELD: Dark blue and gold, the colors traditionally associated with the Navy, represent the sea and excellence. The red is for sacrifice and valor and the white recalls purity of purpose. The gray chevron and two vertical bars represent the bow of LPD 21 and the Twin Towers, respectively. They are conjoined to emphasize the using of 24 tons of steel from the ruins of the World Trade Center to construct the bow of the USS New York. The phoenix rising personifies the hope and determination of this Nation to rebuild and regroup to fight terrorism. The shield on the phoenix’s breast honors the New York City Fire department, New York City Police Department and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Red is for the Fire Department, the dark blue is the traditional blue for the Police Department and the Celeste is taken from the patch of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Celeste also alludes to coastal waters and the port of New York. The red drops represent blood shed and the ultimate sacrifice made by the men and women of 9/11. The stars commemorate the three battle stars the USS New York battleship earned in World War II. The border of the shield is adapted from the State of New York Seal.
CREST: The mountains, lake and sun rays highlight the State of New York and are adapted from the State Seal and highlight beauty and the heritage of the State. The seven rays represent the number of rays on Statue of Liberty’s Crown. They symbolize the seven seas and continents of the world and also suggest a direct connection to the littoral missions of the USS New York anywhere in the world, past and present. The sugar maple is the state tree of New York.
SUPPORTERS: The crossed naval and marine swords symbolize the teamwork of the Navy-Marine war fighting team of the amphibious assault warship, USS New York. The enlisted swords further highlight the enlisted soldiers and sailors as being the back bone of our Armed Forces.
Link to Office of Hearaldry
http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Navy/USSNewYork.htm
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March 20th, 2008
WTC’S ’1ST SPROUT’
By TOM TOPOUSIS, NY Post
A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL:Digital renderings show the progress planned for the World Trade Center site, including the Freedom Tower breaking street level this year.
March 17, 2008 — The reborn World Trade Center will begin rising above street level this spring – when the Freedom Tower’s steel frame emerges from its 80-foot-deep construction pit, officials say.
The tower itself is now just 10 feet from street level, Port Authority Executive Director Anthony Shorris said.
“We expect it to reach past street level in a few months,” he said.
Shorris and Ground Zero developer Larry Silverstein, who is building three office towers at the site, said virtually every project at the World Trade Center is now under construction after years of cleanup, design and site preparation.
A time-lapse rendering of the 16-acre site prepared by the Port Authority shows the project coming together over the next five years like a massive jigsaw puzzle, with more than 10,000 construction workers assembling the pieces.
By the end of this year, the Freedom Tower’s steel will be racing skyward, while a steel base for the memorial is being set in place. And foundations for Silverstein’s three towers and the Santiago Calatrava-designed transit hub will be under construction.
By the end of 2010, the Freedom Tower and Silverstein’s Towers 2 and 3 will reach rooftop level, and the memorial plaza will be complete and ready for the planting of more than 400 trees.
Silverstein’s Tower 2, the second tallest at the site, will have topped out by the end of 2011.
“By the end of 2012, as they say, it’ll all be over but the shouting,” Shorris said at a New York Building Congress luncheon last week.
“What is falling into place is a construction-coordination machine of truly unprecedented complexity.”
The four towers inside the perimeter of the original World Trade Center site will include 141,000 tons of steel and 593,000 cubic yards of concrete.
A fifth tower is planned a block away on the site of the former Deutsche Bank building. That tower is slated to be complete by the end of 2012.
Just to clear sites for Silverstein’s three towers, the Port Authority excavated and hauled out enough dirt and rock to fill Giants Stadium.
Silverstein, who acknowledged that “things haven’t always gone as smoothly or as swiftly as everyone – including me – had hoped,” predicted that the final outcome in five years will create a new economic engine in lower Manhattan.
But Silverstein said the proof of progress for New Yorkers made skeptical by delays and missed deadlines will be the visible construction now shaping up.
“There has not been this much going on at the site since the cleanup concluded close to six years ago,” he said.
tom.topousis@nypost.com
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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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