HERE SHE IS !!! Made from the World Trade Center.

USS New York

It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the

World Trade Centre .

It is the fifth in a new class of warship -

designed for missions that include special

operations against terrorists.

It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready

Marines to be delivered ashore by helicopters

and assault craft.

Steel from the World Trade Centre was melted

down in a foundry in Amite , LA to cast the

ship's bow section. When it was poured into the

molds on Sept 9, 2003, 'those big rough

steelworkers treated it with total reverence,'

recalled Navy Capt. Kevin Wensing, who was

there. 'It was a spiritual moment for everybody

there.'

Junior Chavers, foundry operations manager,

said that when the trade centre steel first

arrived, he touched it with his hand and the

'hair on my neck stood up.' 'It had a big

meaning to it for all of us,' he said. 'They

knocked us down. They can't keep us down.

We're going to be back.'

The ship's motto? 'Never Forget'