Ship built with Trade Center steel stops in Norfolk

The amphibious transport dock New York stopped at Norfolk Naval Station today on its way to be commissioned in New York next month.

The ship, built with steel recovered from the World Trade Center towers after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, will be homeported in Norfolk, according to the vessel’s Web site.

The ship, named in tribute to those who died in the ground zero attacks, was built in Louisiana by Northrop Grumman and contains 7.5 tons of steel from the towers, according to the shipbuilding company.

The ship, the fifth San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, will be commissioned Nov. 7, according to the Web site. Its keel was laid on Sept. 10, 2004.

One of five other ships to carry the New York name was a battleship that saw action in World War I and II and had its keel laid on Sept. 11, 1911, the site says.

For more on the ship and the history of other vessels to carry the New York name, click here.