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  • Tortuga and Army Teaming Up (that's USS Tortuga)

    09/15/2005 4:44:16 PM PDT · by SandRat · 6 replies · 246+ views
    Navy NewsStand ^ | Sep 15, 2005 | Journalist 3rd Class Brian Seymour
    NEW ORLEANS (NNS) -- The amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46), homeported in Little Creek, Va., continues to support Hurricane Katrina humanitarian assistance efforts here, including U.S. Army personnel. Tortuga is providing logistical support to the Army in addition to conducting its own search and rescue missions and providing housing for more than 170 displaced residents from the New Orleans area. The Army’s 307th Engineer Battalion of the 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg, N.C., has established its Tactical Operations Center (TOC) near Tortuga’s pier at Naval Support Activity (NSA) New Orleans. “We wanted to be close to...