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It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center.
It is the fifth in a new class of warship - designed for missions that include special operations against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered ashore by helicopters and assault craft.
Steel from the World Trade Center was melted down in a foundry in Amite, LA to cast the ship's bow section. When it was poured into the molds on Sept. 9, 2003, "those big rough steelworkers treated it with total reverence," recalled Navy Capt. Kevin Wensing, who was there. "It was a spiritual moment for everybody there."
Junior Chavers, foundry operations manager, said that when the trade center steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the "hair on my neck stood up." "It had a big meaning to it for all of us," he said. "They knocked us down. They can't keep us down. We're going to be back."
The ship's motto? "Never Forget"
It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center.
It is the fifth in a new class of warship - designed for missions that include special operations against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered ashore by helicopters and assault craft.
Steel from the World Trade Center was melted down in a foundry in Amite, LA to cast the ship's bow section. When it was poured into the molds on Sept. 9, 2003, "those big rough steelworkers treated it with total reverence," recalled Navy Capt. Kevin Wensing, who was there. "It was a spiritual moment for everybody there."
Junior Chavers, foundry operations manager, said that when the trade center steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the "hair on my neck stood up." "It had a big meaning to it for all of us," he said. "They knocked us down. They can't keep us down. We're going to be back."
The ship's motto? "Never Forget"
General Characteristics
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Displacement:
24,900 tons full
Length:
208.5 m (684 ft) overall,201.4 m (661 ft) waterline
Beam:
31.9 m (105 feet) extreme, 29.5 m (97 ft) waterline
Draft:
7 m (23 ft)
Propulsion:
Four Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 40,000 hp (30 MW)
Speed:
22 knots (41 km/h)
Range:
Complement:
28 officers, 333 enlisted
Armament:
Two 30 mm Bushmaster II, for surface threat defense;two Rolling Airframe Missile launchers for air defense.
Aircraft:
Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously.
Landing Craft:
Two LCACs (air cushion) or one LCU (conventional);14 EFVs
Troops:
699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total.
Motto:
Never Forget
Displacement:
24,900 tons full
Length:
208.5 m (684 ft) overall,201.4 m (661 ft) waterline
Beam:
31.9 m (105 feet) extreme, 29.5 m (97 ft) waterline
Draft:
7 m (23 ft)
Propulsion:
Four Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 40,000 hp (30 MW)
Speed:
22 knots (41 km/h)
Range:
Complement:
28 officers, 333 enlisted
Armament:
Two 30 mm Bushmaster II, for surface threat defense;two Rolling Airframe Missile launchers for air defense.
Aircraft:
Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously.
Landing Craft:
Two LCACs (air cushion) or one LCU (conventional);14 EFVs
Troops:
699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total.
Motto:
Never Forget
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