Keywords: New Orleans USS Tortuga Katrina Sept 5.jpg 050905-N-6436W-140 New Orleans Sept 5 2005 “ A U S Navy SH-60 Seahawk helicopter takes off from the dock landing ship USS Tortuga LSD 46 while it is moored pier side in New Orleans Tortuga has been transporting Hurricane Katrina victims to the ship where they are given hot meals showers and beds to sleep in The Navy's involvement in the humanitarian assistance operations is being led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA in conjunction with the Department of Defense U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Michael B Watkins RELEASED PD-USGov-Military-Navy September 2005 photographs September 2005 in the United States 5 September 2005 in New Orleans Joint Task Force Katrina Aboard USS Tortuga LSD-46 2005 in military history |