Amite Foundry melts World Trade Center steel for New U.S. Navy ship, USS New York.In September, hundreds gathered at Amite Foundry Machine, Inc., Amite, Louisiana, to sec part of the World Trade Center take on new life for the U.S. Navy. A 24-ton steel bean from the World Trade Center was melted and recast into a part of the new LPD See LPR/LPD. 21 amphibious battle ship, the US New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , which is currently being built by Northrop Gruman Corp, New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded . Approximately 21,000 lb of the steel will become the ship's bow-stem, which is located at the front edge and slices through the water. The rest will be used for anchor handling castings. According to the Daily Star, New Orleans, Junior Chavers, operations manager at Amite Foundry, stood with two other employees atop the mold in protective suits, guiding the ladle for the pour. Recalling when the beam arrived at Amite the month before, Chavers told the Daily Star, "When I had my hand on it, the hair on the back of my neck stood up." The USS New York There have been at least six United States Navy ships that have borne the name New York, after the 11th state. See USS New York City for those named after the City. , which will be approximately 684 ft long and travel in excess of 22 knots, will be more than twice the size of the Statue of Liberty Statue of Liberty great symbolic structure in New York harbor. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 284] See : America Statue of Liberty perhaps the most famous monument to independence. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 284] See : Freedom . Representatives of the New York Fire Dept., Port Authority and Police Dept. were in attendance at the ceremony. |
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