The naval assault ship whose bow was made with 7.5 tons of World Trade Center steel arrived in New York this morning at the end of her maiden voyage from Louisiana. The ship paused near Ground Zero where it was given a 21-gun salute. The ship will be docked at Pier 88 where it will remain through Veteran's Day. It will be officially commissioned this Saturday, November 7th.
The seal from the ship's website:
Seven rays of sunlight signify both the crown atop the Statue of Liberty and the seven seas
Central focus placed on the Twin Towers and the bow of the ship, forged from the towers' steel
Breastplate of the phoenix bears the colors of first responders from the New York Police Department, New York Fire Department, and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Blood drops represent the fallen
Three stars for those earned by the battleship USS NEW YORK (BB34) in WWII at Iwo Jima, Okinawa and North Africa
Read the Associated Press article and visit the ship's site which includes a schedule of events and an interactive tour of the vessel.
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