Still circulating via forwarded email, true facts about the building of the USS New York, a Navy warship containing 24 tons of scrap metal salvaged from the fallen towers of the World Trade Center. Scheduled for launch in 2007-08, the amphibious assault vessel is expected to be deployed on counter-terrorist missions, among others. (Artist's rendering from Northrop Grumman.) Read more...Still circulating via forwarded email, true facts about the building of the USS New York, a Navy warship containing 24 tons of scrap metal salvaged from the fallen towers of the World Trade Center. Scheduled for launch in 2007-08, the amphibious assault vessel is expected to be deployed on counter-terrorist missions, among others. (Artist's rendering from Northrop Grumman.) Read more...Top Related Searches navy warship northrop grumman amphibious assault scrap metal true facts uss new york
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“Battleship” is not a synonym for “warship.”
The USS New York is an amphibious warfare ship, not a battleship.
I am delighted to find a website where I can check the validity of some of the email info I receive.
Thank you.
In response to Al Nofi’s comment, I disagree: Merriam-Webster Dictionary states – battleship n: a warship of the most heavily armed and armored class.
Donna, in that case Al Nofi is correst. Compared to a battleship this ship is very lightly armed and virtually unarmored.
All battleships are warships – but not all warships are battleships. Warships also include cruisers, submarines, aircraft carriers, etc.
David, You say that the USS NEW YORK
is Scheduled for launch in 2007, but
I found several web sites & some offical navy web sites that say its not untill fall of 2008 or early 2009.
One web site said it was to be christen in 2007 only.
here is the address of one of them…
http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/09/0921.htm
this site also has two photos of it in dry dock in august 2006.
I also would like to Make a note to all your readers, The USS NEW YORK is number 21, not 17.
Number 17 is the USS San Antonio.
The process for naval vessels is construction, launching, christening, pre-commissioning work ups, aka sea trials, and finally formal commissioning when the ship begins active deployable service. Often the confusion over dates is related to which stage of the process is being referred to.
Battleships are specifically heavily armoured warships and consists of largest caliber of guns which I don’t think the USS New York has one.
I noticed that there was no visible weaponry on the USS New York and thought that perhaps it was not yet complete! The classification issue sure clears it up. The USS New York, with no visible defense(guns or missles) cannot participate in a “gun battle”. It provides support for the other groups by deploying warriers to land and sea and by accepting helocopters.
What happened to all of the rest of steel from the World Trade Center?
Here is the url to the web site that describes the ships mission and characteristics:
https://www.pms317.navy.mil/ships/LPD21FactSheet.pdf
The ships moto is “Never Forget”
I NOTICED THE INSIGNIA IS NOT ON ONE OF THE PHOTOS SENT TO ME AND IT IS IN DIFFERENT PLACES ON THE SHIP IN OTHER PHOTOS!! SADLY, IT ALMOST LOOKS FAKE!