USS New York Made From Twin Tower Steel Sets Out On First Sailing

According to recent reports requests to serve aboard the ship were higher than any other vessel in the Navy with 13% of those serving aboard the crew of 361 sailors  from New York, a percentage much higher than typically found for one city aboard other ships currently in service.

Rescue workers and families of those killed in the attack gathered on the Manhattan waterfront to watch the 684ft warship glide up the Hudson River past the World Trade Center site with its sailors standing at attention on the deck.