March 2, 2008
PHOENIX CLASS:
US warship built from September 11 wreckage (Megan Levy, 02/03/2008, Daily Telegraph)
A US Navy warship has been built with wreckage from the World Trade Centre as a floating monument to the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks.Posted by Orrin Judd at March 2, 2008 7:51 AMThousands of people, including families of the 9/11 victims, gathered in Louisiana for the christening of the USS New York on Saturday.
More than 7.5 tonnes of steel was salvaged from ground zero to build the ship's bow - the part that splices through the water, symbolically leading the way.
"It resurrects the ashes, so to speak, to do great things for our nation," said Bill Glenn, a spokesman for Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, the ship builder
Alas the USS Phoenix was transferred to Argentina which rechristened her the General Belgrano. The Brits torpedoed her during the Falklands campaign. Harry's Uncle was there.
Posted by: JAB at March 2, 2008 10:16 PMAny other Navy would consider that ship an aircraft carrier, not a troop carrier...
Posted by: Mike Earl at March 3, 2008 5:08 PM