20061113 USS New York

From the ashes of the World Trade Center – the USS New York

Hat Tip: Grammy

My Tentacle column this Wednesday will mention the USS New York. The column is a discussion of the merits of expanding the United States Marine Corps by one infantry regiment…

The column will begin:

The United States Marine Corps has had significant participation in every American armed conflict since November 10, 1775 and it’s role as a rapid deployment force to fully defend our nation against terrorist threats and effectuate foreign policy has never been more important than today.

And then later in the column I will bring up the USS New York:

Meanwhile, what will work against the terrorists are initiatives like the construction of the USS New York, which is built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center, and about 45 percent complete. It is the fifth of a new class of warship designed for missions that include special operations against terrorists.

This 684-foot vessel is just the stuff needed to rapidly deploy and “compel an enemy to surrender to your will.” It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered ashore by helicopters and assault craft and she should be ready for launch in mid-2007.

It is precisely the kind of thinking that has brought forth this new class of warship to which the USS New York is an example that is in the best interests of our national defense in the future.

I got most of the information from an e-mail that Grammy had forwarded to me… I fact checked the e-mail here on Snopes.com. Snopes said the e-mail contained factual information and said: “The quotes from Navy personnel and shipyard workers included in the e-mailed version reproduced above were taken from an Associated Press article about the ship.”

For other posts about the Navy, please see:

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