Former CDS Gen. Hillier's dream "Big Honking Ship"

Who would have thought a landing platform dock, this being the latest reality, could be so fine looking?

USS New York, built with steel from Twin Towers, sets sail on maiden voyage
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The USS New York [home page here], a ship built with 7.5 tonnes of steel from the World Trade Center, heads up the Hudson River...

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More on the San Antonio class here, not a "battleship" as the Times story ignorantly states. As for the dream (an element of which has turned into a bit of a nightmare, more here)...