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11/08/09
NEW YORK (AP) — The USS New York, built with steel from the rubble of the World Trade Center, was put into service Saturday both as a symbol of healing and strength. 
Mark Lennihan — Associated Press
The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, passes the Statue of Liberty as it arrives in New York on Monday for its commissioning Saturday.  The USS New York, a new Navy amphibious assault ship, is formally commissioned in New York City. The ship contains 7.5 tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center.
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"No matter how many times you attack us, we always come back," Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus said at the amphibious assault ship's commissioning. "America always comes back. That's what this ship represents."
He spoke on a Manhattan pier where hundreds of Navy officers and sailors joined first responders and families of Sept. 11 victims for the ceremony. "I hereby place the USS New York in commission," Mabus...
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