US | World Trade Center World Trade Center Steel Sails Back to NY By Marie Morris Posted Nov 2, 2009 3:54 PM CST Copied The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, passes Statue of Liberty as it arrives Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) Seven and a half tons of steel from the fallen World Trade Center towers returned to New York today, reconstituted as the bow of a newly launched Navy warship. The crew of USS New York stood at attention for a 21-gun salute as the $1 billion amphibious dock landing ship sailed past Ground Zero. "I thought about my son, how proud he is and all of them, how proud they'd be at this moment," the mother of a firefighter who died on 9/11 told the Daily News. The ship will be christened Saturday. Read These Next NFLer who once vanished before a Super Bowl dies at 52. Thieves in Europe hijack 12 tons of KitKats. If you love romance novels, this story is for you. One entity that's pretty popular right now: the Catholic Church. Report an error