A US Navy (USN) MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter sling lifts two 500-gallon rubber bladders full of fresh drinking water from the flight deck of the USN Wasp Class: Amphibious Assault Ship USS BATAAN (LHD 5), while conducting Hurricane Katrina relief operations while underway in the Gulf of Mexico. The US Navy is taking part in Joint Task Force (JTF) Katrina, and is assisting in humanitarian assistance operations, led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the Department of Defense (DOD)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: JOINT TASK FORCE (JTF) KATRINA
Base: USS Bataan (LHD 5)
Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Jeremy L. Grisham, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
03/09/2005
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