WTC steel to be used in new U.S. warship.
 

NEW YORK, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Recycled steel from the World Trade Center will be used to build part of a new U.S. warship, according to defense contractor Northrop Grumman.

The ship is to be named the New York, in honor of the almost 2,800 people who died in the attacks of Sept. 11 2001, Dan Knecht, said a spokesman for the firm.

Steel is set to be shipped to Northrop's shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, for construction to begin in the middle of next year. The 684-foot ship should be ready for service in 2007.

The recycled steel from the Twin Towers, if it meets quality standards, will be used to form the ship's "stem bar", Knecht told Reuters. That is part of the ship's bow, where the vessel cuts the water.

New York authorities face problems disposing of the 1.62 million tonnes of rubble that went to the nearby a landfill from the World Trade Center site.

Some memorial sculptures made from recycled steel have been commissioned by the city, and earlier this year nearly 20,000 tonnes of Trade Center scrap was shipped to India for use in construction projects.

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A fitting tribute I think.

This 9/11 stuff is going a bit on the crazy side. I think it is a dumb idea. It's still gonna cost alot to build it. Just make a new one from new materials. It's to much of a problem to get the metal out of the crap pulled from the site. They should just let it go. It happened and it was sad, but god, move on. I think this will just make the families suffer more, but thats just my opinion.

I head this on the radio. I think its pretty neat. What better way to use the stuff.

Awesome stuff

Its not like they are building the whole ship out of wtc steel, just a piece of the bow....the ship was going to be built anyway. I think the families would support this very much. Ships are often named for events/people.

They should make some bombs outta WTC scrap...if they can do that.

[quote="Airborne Butters":09fce]They should make some bombs outta WTC scrap...if they can do that.[/quote:09fce]

thatd be a waste hake:

How so?

[quote="Airborne Butters":1313f]How so?[/quote:1313f]

bombs... u drob them and they go boom... no more metal. oOo:

if u use the metal for a building a part in a ship... thats something that can go on killing and killing and killing. make sence now?

[quote="Airborne Butters":84c29]How so?[/quote:84c29]

They would be dropped thus they would be gone, if you use the steel in something like a warship...then its a lasting tribute for people to see for years to come.

very...

Still, it's the vengance idea, but I suppose the longer lasting is better.

did I mention it would be a comemmorative part of history. 60 yrs from now we'll point to that ship in a history book with our grandkids in our lap and tell them how the trade centers were destroyed and the scrap was used to make a ship.

I hope that the victims are very proud that the pieces of their grave site are being used to create a machine that is created for killing ten times over 2,800. Hurray indeed!

[quote="Recycled Spooge":e1e35]I hope that the victims are very proud that the pieces of their grave site are being used to create a machine that is created for killing ten times over 2,800. Hurray indeed![/quote:e1e35]

*BEEP BEEEP* the sarcaso meter is going off the scales! It's detecting sarcasim in the area...

that damn ship is going to be haunted i tells ya...