http://news.yahoo.com/local/Norfolk-Portsmouth/16197 Yahoo! Local News - WVEC 13 en-us NORFOLK--The Navy added a new warship to its fleet Saturday. The USS New York was built out of more than seven tons of steel from the fallen World Trade Center towers. 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