Seven and a half short tons of steel used in the construction of the New York came from the rubble of the World Trade Center; this represents less than one thousandth of the total weight of the ship. The steel was melted down at Amite Foundry and Machine in Amite, Louisiana, to cast the ship's bow section.
It was poured into molds on 9 September 2003, with 7 short tons cast to form the ship's "stem bar" -- part of the ship's bow. The foundry workers reportedly treated the metal with "reverence usually accorded to religious artifacts," gently touching it as they walked by. One worker delayed his retirement after 40 years of working to be part of the project.
The New York was christened on 1 March 2008, in a ceremony at at Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans.
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