Posted on 08/31/2005 6:02:27 PM PDT by SandRat
USS Bataan Public Affairs
USS BATAAN, Gulf of Mexico (NNS) -- The multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) was tasked Aug. 30 to assist with Hurricane Katrina disaster relief efforts.
Two MH-60 search and rescue helicopters from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HC) 28, based out of Norfolk, Va., launched at 5 p.m. CST Aug. 30 to assist in the search and rescue efforts that are currently ongoing in and around the New Orleans area.
At 6:30 p.m. CST, two MH-53 helicopters from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15, based out of Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, also flew off Bataan to assist with efforts in the New Orleans area.
Bataan is currently underway in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 100 miles South of New Orleans. The ship’s involvement in humanitarian assistance operations is an effort by the Department of Defense in support of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
For more news from around the fleet, visit www.navy.mil.
USS Bataan to the rescue
Keep 'em coming, SandRat!!
Any word for some Non-US efforts to help?
LOL, that's a good one, non US help.
saw a FR thread earlier today that had a listing but lost it. If I remember part of it correctly ---
Germany
Russia
Mexico
Canada
and there were more but can't remember them
Way to go Sister Ship!! From a Plankowner USS Essex(LHD-2)
Plankowner USS Saipan LHA 2, Mariel Boat lift 1980!
These ships CAN DO!!
Wasn't Poland on that list?
It may have been I don't remember.
BTTT!!!!!!
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