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NEW YORK — A Navy assault ship built with steel from the fallen World Trade Center and named in honor of the city and state that were home to the twin towers is making its inaugural visit there. The USS New York was scheduled to sail up ...
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NEW YORK — The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, has arrived in its namesake city with a 21-gun salute near the site of the 2001 terrorist attack. First responders, families of Sept. ...
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Rachael L. Leslie/United States Navy Petty Officer Third Class Marielena Derasmo, left, who is aboard the U.S.S. New York, was a freshman in high school on Sept. 11, 2001. Lance Cpl. Joseph T. Anderson, right, was working a construction job ... 11,
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NEW YORK, OCT 15 – The future USS NEW YORK (LPD 21), built with 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center in her bow, will be commissioned in New York City on November 7, 2009. The ship will actually arrive on November 2, ... “It is an honor
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Shortly afterward the Navy announced it would cast 7.5 tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center for the ship, a tiny fraction of its total 25000-ton weight, but which some crew members hope will guarantee the ship a legacy ...
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The vessel, an amphibious transport dock, pulled out of its berth, beginning a five-day journey to New York City, where it will be formally welcomed into the Navy fleet. ... 11 attacks combing through the World Trade Center debris looking for