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USS New York Makes Maiden Voyage from New Orleans to New York City
Published: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana —  The USS New York is heading from New 
Orleans to its  namesake city on its maiden voyage Tuesday morning. 
The warship is an  amphibious transport dock ship that was built in 
Louisiana and named in honor of the victims  of the attacks of 
Sept. 11, 2001. It incorporates in its construction nearly eight tons of 
steel salvaged from the fallen World Trade Center towers.  The 
USS New York left  south Louisiana,  where it was built, on Tuesday. 
The Navy will officially commission it in New York in early November.

LIVESHOTS: Front Row for USS New  York's Maiden Voyage. 

For photos, click here:
http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/10/13/strength-forged-in-sacrifice/.

Organizers of a  "line the levees" event in the New Orleans area are 
expecting several thousand people to  turn out for a send-off there.
Organizer Lola Lass says  she expects a festive, patriotic scene. Flags 
were being handed out to people  gathering at a riverfront park.

Thousands of workers  helped build the ship at Northrop Grumman 
Shipbuilding's yard in Avondale.

A company spokesman says two ships under construction — Arlington 
and Somerset — will join the New York as 9-11 "tribute" ships.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Click here to read the FOX News article.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

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