The USS New York has arrived

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:50 am

Don, thanks for the information!

USS New York

It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center.

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 Center 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 center 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"

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:52 am

Its got a nice look, how long is it?

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:55 am

YARDofSTUF wrote:Its got a nice look, how long is it?

Let me find out.

Lefty · Post by **Lefty** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:57 am

684feet

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:57 am

Huh....hadn't read about that class before...had to go look it up. The hull design looks old...like pre-1950s. Unusual looking.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antoni ... sport_dock

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:58 am

684' Bow to Stern....An amphibious vessel.

https://www.pms317.navy.mil/ships/LPD21FactSheet.pdf

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:58 am

Lefty wrote:684feet

Lefty · Post by **Lefty** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:59 am

Joint Chiefs of Staff wrote:684' Bow to Stern....An amphibious vessel.

https://www.pms317.navy.mil/ships/LPD21FactSheet.pdf

Beat you to it.

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:02 am

Lefty wrote:Beat you to it.

Yeah put I posted a link.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:04 am

Thats a big ass ship!

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:16 am

YARDofSTUF wrote:Thats a big ass ship!

Yeah it is. I can picture a SEAL Team prepping for an OP somewhere off the coast of say...Iran.

The only bad thing about the ship is that every bloody terrorist organization in the world will want to sink it.

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:17 am

Awesome name for an awesome ship!

Would be awesome if this was the ship that took out Osama, if that mofo is still alive

Gixxer · Post by **Gixxer** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:27 am

Prey521 wrote:Awesome name for an awesome ship!

Would be awesome if this was the ship that took out Osama, if that mofo is still alive

he is still alive

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:25 am

Gixxer wrote:he is still alive

Nah, he's buried a few hundred feet in some cave in the mountains of Afghanistan after a 500 pound bunker buster took him by surprise.

A shame no one can verify this.

Spammy · Post by **Spammy** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:24 pm

Beautiful ship forsure, Love it

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:28 pm

Joint Chiefs of Staff wrote:Nah, he's buried a few hundred feet in some cave in the mountains of Afghanistan after a 500 pound bunker buster took him by surprise.

A shame no one can verify this.

Wouldn't surprise me one bit.

mountainman · Post by **mountainman** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:42 pm

HIgh res... plenty big for desktop-age...

https://www.pms317.navy.mil/images/17underwayHiRes.jpg

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:55 pm

i was thinking of a different battleship- NEW YORK.......

RoscoPColtrane · Post by **RoscoPColtrane** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:10 pm

Nice boat!!

SHIP! i know, calm down old squids!

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:31 pm

Nice! That thing is a floating city!

Debbie · Post by **Debbie** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:45 pm

That ship is a beaut for sure!!!!

Izzo · Post by **Izzo** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:56 pm

I don't see any guns on it.

Debbie · Post by **Debbie** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:01 pm

Izzo wrote:I don't see any guns on it.

It is an amphibious war ship:

amphibious assault ship: a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions. The United States Navy operates several of this type of ship; their helicopters, vertical take-off and landing aircraft, and air-cushion or conventional landing craft support of the United States Marine Corps's "vertical envelopment" assault doctrine. The ships are generally designed to transport troops into a war zone by sea, primarily using landing craft, although invariably they will also have a limited airborne capability.

Izzo · Post by **Izzo** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:03 pm

Debbie wrote:It is an amphibious war ship:

amphibious assault ship: a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions. The United States Navy operates several of this type of ship; their helicopters, vertical take-off and landing aircraft, and air-cushion or conventional landing craft support of the United States Marine Corps's "vertical envelopment" assault doctrine. The ships are generally designed to transport troops into a war zone by sea, primarily using landing craft, although invariably they will also have a limited airborne capability.

It need guns .....big ones ....on the deck

Debbie · Post by **Debbie** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:03 pm

Izzo wrote:It need guns .....big ones ....on the deck

That is what they got Destroyers for. This one is mostly for transport.

Izzo · Post by **Izzo** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:05 pm

Debbie wrote:That is what they got Destroyers for. This one is mostly for transport.

then why call it an 'assault warship' if it's just a transport?

Debbie · Post by **Debbie** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:08 pm

Izzo wrote:then why call it an 'assault warship' if it's just a transport?

Ever see the back of amphibious war ships open up and release the amtracs (spelling) to shore? (land assault)

Oh don't you worry, that baby will not be traveling the seas alone without a few destroyers at her side, especially if they have an assault mission.

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:04 pm

I forgot, Debbie was a WAVE!

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:05 pm

Izzo wrote:I don't see any guns on it.

You can bet your ass she has a few of these around the decks.

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/mk-15.htm

Bastid · Post by **Bastid** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:59 pm

ahhh... i love the seewiz... (ciws) ive heard stories about those gatling guns!

Mad_Haggis · Post by **Mad_Haggis** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:15 am

Joint Chiefs of Staff wrote:Don, thanks for the information!

USS New York

It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center.

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 Center 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 center 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"

Look's pretty Canadian?, Ya Think?

Nah....JCOS is "right"(c) , NOo Arr,m

Mad_Haggis · Post by **Mad_Haggis** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:16 am

Me good an d good, the (NO))

Mad_Haggis · Post by **Mad_Haggis** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:19 am

Have you been 2 Europe/Asia/Africa this year?

NO!

My Sspawn left there 4 a reason, I(c) have no wish to go back, unkll