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U.S. Navy Command Master Chief Robert W. Stocklin escorts Dotty England, wife of former Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England and the sponsor of amphibious transport dock USS New York, from the stage during the ship's commissioning ceremony in New York, Nov. 7, 2009. The ship has 7.5 tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center in its hull.

U.S. Navy Command Master Chief Robert W. Stocklin escorts Dotty England, wife of former Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England and the sponsor of amphibious transport dock USS New York, from the stage during the ship's commissioning ceremony in New York, Nov. 7, 2009. The ship has 7.5 tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center in its hull.

U.S. Navy Command Master Chief Robert W. Stocklin escorts Dotty England, wife of former Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England and the sponsor of amphibious transport dock USS New York, from the stage during the ship's commissioning ceremony in New York, Nov. 7, 2009. The ship has 7.5 tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center in its hull.

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