NEW YORK (AP) — A Navy assault ship built with steel from the World Trade Center is heading to the city that bears its name.
The USS New York is scheduled to sail up the Hudson River Monday morning. It will stop beside the World Trade Center site for a 21-gun salute.
The ship will dock at Pier 88. The official commissioning will take place Saturday.
The New York is 684 feet long and can carry up to 800 Marines. Its flight deck that can handle helicopters and the MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft.
About 7.5 tons of World Trade Center steel was melted at the Bradken Inc. foundry in Amite, La., and used in the New York's bow.
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