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Jul 10, 2007 | 05:17 AM

GranPrix

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USS New York

Here she is, the USS New York, made from the World Trade Center!

Jul 10, 2007 | 05:27 AM

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First pic is a red x.

Jul 10, 2007 | 06:24 AM

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That's the USS San Antonio...

First thing that pops up when you Google "USS new york":

http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/ussnewyork.asp

Isn't the steel from the WTC technically part of a federal crime scene

I don't understand why they want to melt it down.

Jul 10, 2007 | 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by C U AT 9K,Jul 10 2007, 06:24 AM

I don't understand why they want to melt it down.

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The San Antonio class is the United States Navy's primary class of amphibious transport dock (LPD).

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Ships of the class:
San Antonio (LPD-17), New Orleans (LPD-18), Mesa Verde (LPD-19), Green Bay (LPD-20), New York (LPD-21), San Diego (LPD-22), Anchorage (LPD-23), Arlington (LPD-24), Somerset (LPD-25)

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Shortly after 11 September 2001, Governor of New York George E. Pataki wrote a letter to Secretary of the Navy Gordon England requesting that the Navy bestow the name USS New York on a surface warship involved in the War on Terror in honor of September 11's victims. In his letter, the Governor said he understood state names are currently reserved for submarines, but asked for special consideration so the name could be given to a surface ship. The request was approved 28 August 2002.

Basically the class that all 9 ships are in will look basically the same.

Jul 10, 2007 | 06:37 AM

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BTW, the status on Snopes is true.

Jul 10, 2007 | 06:42 AM

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They should have asked the 9/11 victims' families if they wanted the memory of their lost ones pinned on a war ship... From what I've read most of them don't even believe the 9/11 story. Whatever...