USS New York- From Ashes to Bow-Amazing Story

USS New York

I have never forgotten the day that the twin towers came down. The heartache and the grief and the images and so many lives lost.  That’s why this article is so important because to take a piece of history and makes it into something good. The video below illustrates this point showing how they took the steel from the Trade Towers and made the bow of the ship for the USS New York.

OUT OF THE ASHES: USS New York

Here’s an excerpt from an article that was written last week. Since that article the ship has left and is headed towards New York.  The USS New York will head to its namesake city, where it will be commissioned Nov. 7.  Then it will move to its home port of Norfolk, Va. To read full article
Oct.12,2009
By Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune

The USS New York will leave Avondale on Tuesday atbout 7 a.m., and officials are asking people to line the banks of the Mississippi River to give the ship a New Orleans-style sendoff.The ship — whose bow stem contains about 7 1/2 tons of steel from the World Trade Center, felled during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks — also will receive two 21-gun salutes during its trek from Northrop Grumman’s Avondale shipyard to the Gulf of Mexico.

Signal Flags aboard the USS Ronald Reagan

I found this site that has wonderful image where you can place  images on your blog.  Below is a picture of the USS Ronald Reagan and the Signal flags spell Freedom 76.

Jul 12 2003
NORFOLK, VA – JULY 12: U.S. sailors aboard the USS Ronald Reagan man the rails above a set of signal flags which spell ‘Freedom 76′ for the ship’s commissioning ceremony at Norfolk Naval Station July 12, 2003 in Norfolk, Virginia. The USS Ronald Reagan is the U.S. Navy’s ninth Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. With a full crew of over 5,000 sailors and aviators, the $5-billion ship, named in honor of America’s 40th president, will be home ported in San Diego, California as a member of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. (Photo by Mike Heffner/Getty Images)

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Signal Flag Sets have only 1 of each letter-Repeaters Needed

When you buy a complete set of International signal flags you get the 26 letters of the alphabet, 10 pennants for each number and a set of 3 substitutes or also called repeaters.  Here’s a picture of the 3 repeaters.

Repeaters or also called Substitutes are used when there is a duplication of a letter since you only have 1 of each letter. As an example below is a picture of a boat with the word MERMAID. If you read it from the top down you can see the M and then the E and R. The next letter would be the M again and that is where the repeaters is in the picture.

Lot’s of words have repeat letters so that is why there is repeat 1,2,3.  Since we can make as many letters as you want in the above picture we would just make the M twice to spell the word.

Generally the complete sets can be expensive and range in price for the size 0 from $500-1000.  Here is a link as an example of a complete set Their signal flags are made out of nylon and made to endure rough weather, salt water, high winds….etc.

We only make the 26 letters of the signal flag alphabet and not the repeaters. Also our flags are made from a poly/cotton blend and designed more for decorative use.
We are working on adding the pennants at some point. The cost for the 26 letter flags is $247.00 . Check out our website for more details.

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