Scotland on Sunday - Top Stories - Trade Center steel to be used for a warship: THE wreckage of the worst-ever terrorist attack on America could be used as part of the US's revenge against its unseen enemies. Recycled steel from the World Trade Center is to form part of a new US warship, named the New York in honour of the almost 2,800 people who died when it was destroyed. If the 684ft vessel is used in a theatre of war such as the Gulf, parts of the collapsed buildings could physically go into action in the war on terrorism.
You know, the uses that they've found for the wreckage are continually surprising. Art, buildings, memorial mediallions, war. It would never have occurred to me that any of the metal would be used in this way.
Mind, if they're just assembling the materials for the USS New York, it will be several years before it sees action. It takes years to build a warship. It will be interesting to see what class of ship it is. Cruisers are typically named after cities, towns, or other geographic sites of historical or other interest. Modern destroyers seem to be named after people ... although that seems to vary somewhat. Air craft carriers seem to be named both after people and after other historical ships and events. State names have traditionally been used for the battleship class, but the battleship class has been discontinued. The original USS New York met a particularly ignominous end. It looks as if the newest USS New York will probably be a ballistic missile submarine, or possibly an attack submarine ... in which case it's unlikely to be used directly in the war on terrorism.
Posted by iain at December 29, 2002 12:52 AMComments
Today's ships of the line are ballistic missle submarines. The Alabama and the Tennessee are both "boomers."
If they follow the traditional naming pattern, the New York would be the same.
Lamont
Posted by Lamont Cranston at January 14, 2003 10:34 AM
