First Responder: USS New York Commissioning
February 12, 2010 faircountmedia 110 other publications
Strength Forged Through Sacrifice. Never Forget. Seven and a half tons of steel harvested from Ground Zero were woven into the hull of this, the fifth San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock commissionioned into U.S. Naval service. Far more than a simple symbolic gesture, rather, this ship proudly bears the name of the city that was home to so many who lost their lives in the attacks of September 11, 2001.
Strength Forged Through Sacrifice. Never Forget. Seven and a half tons of steel harvested from Ground Zero were woven into the hull of this, the fifth San Antonio-class amphibi...