Civilian evacuees from New Orleans, Louisiana (LA), are brought aboard the US Navy (USN) Whidbey Island Class: Dock Landing Ship, USS TORTUGA (LSD 46), by way of the well deck, where they are being provided with hot meals, showers, and beds to sleep in, during Hurricane Katrina relief operations. The USN is taking part in Joint Task Force (JTF) Katrina, by aiding 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 Tortuga (LSD 46)
State: Louisiana (LA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Michael B. Watkins, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Tags
Date
05/09/2005
Source
The U.S. National Archives
Copyright info
No known copyright restrictions