Posted on 10/13/2009 6:43:19 AM PDT by Ingtar
AVONDALE, La. (AP/1010 WINS) -- The USS New York, built with 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center site, is heading to its namesake city.
The warship built in south Louisiana, is to leave Tuesday. The Navy will officially commissioned it in New York in early November.
Organizers of a "line the levees'' event in the New Orleans area hope several thousand people turn out Tuesday morning for the send-off.
One organizer, Lola Lass, says she expects a festive, patriotic scene. Flags were to be handed out to people gathering at a riverfront park.
Thousands of workers helped build the ship at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding's yard in Avondale.
A company spokesman says two ships under construction -- Arlington and Somerset -- will join the New York as 9-11 "tribute'' ships.
Sadly, they probably should start laying the keels for a few more “tribute ships”. It’s looking more and more like we’re going to have more events to commemorate.
Meanwhile, the politicians, bureaucrats, developers and influence peddlers of NEW YORK drag their feet and obfuscate while the horrible scar of 9/11 remains in Manhattan. And let’s not name the new structure Freedom Tower...might insult muzzie scum don’t-you-know.
Watch out for icebergs!!!
Interesting that the artist in his rendition figured that the Freedom Tower would almost be complete by the time the USS New York would be ready to set sail.
There should be two new towers a hundred feet higher with spot lights you could see from orbit, sadly nothing has been done.
7.5 tons steel???
Great ship! Too bad it has a Soviet Muslim commander-in-chief.
Note the "Twin Stacks"
The USS New York REVENGER
The keel was laid in August 2004 and the ship was christened in March 2008. How long do you think it should have taken?
Well we used to be able to crank a ship out in a month. 4 years to make a medium sized ship, sad.
That's been par for the course since World War II.
We also used to have dozens of sources for building our ships. Right now we have one shipyard for carriers, two for submarines, two for destroyers, and one for amphibious ships like the New York. Hard to crank them out faster under conditions like that.
“Let’s roll”
And who/shat is responsible for the destuction of the US Shipbuilding industry...UNIONS/LAWYERS! BS Asbestos Lawsuits.
what
I got to watch from our second story windows at work.
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