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Members of the official party bow their heads during the invocation at the commissioning ceremony of the USS New York 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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Members of the official party bow their heads during the invocation at the commissioning ceremony of the USS New York 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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