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"ALBANY (CBS) Steel salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center will be used to build the Navy's USS New York, a warship named in honor of those who perished in New York on September 11, 2001. The scrap steel will be extricated from the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island on Friday and trucked south to a Northrop Grumman shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. Northrop Grumman will start building the USS New York in Pascagoula in the middle of next year. The USS New York will be the fifth of 12 amphibious assault ships in the San Antonio class, which the Navy calls one of its most technologically innovative. The 684-foot vessel will carry a Navy crew of 402 and up to 800 Marines. The $800 million vessel should be ready for active duty in 2007. If the trade center scrap meets specifications, it will be melted down and used to configure the edge of the bow that cuts through the water, said Northrop Grumman spokesman Jim McIngdale. "We're very proud that the twisted steel from the WTC towers will soon be used to forge an even strong national defense," New York Gov. George Pataki said. "The USS New York will soon be defending freedom and combatting terrorism around the globe, while also ensuring that the world never forgets the evil attacks of Sept. 11 and the course and strength New Yorkers showed in response to terror." " Anyone else thinking Ironic? In that basically a memorial for the victims on Sept 11th, is going to be inevitably used for killing innocent people. "The USS New York will soon be defending freedom and combatting terrorism around the globe" Am i right in presuming that this ship wil lay dormant when the US operates for personal gains? "while also ensuring that the world never forgets the evil attacks of Sept. 11 and the course and strength New Yorkers showed in response to terror"