Three US Navy (USN) Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon Helicopters, Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15), from Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi, Texas (TX), sit on the USN Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS BATAAN (LHD 5) flight deck waiting to provide support to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The USS BATAAN is serving as the Maritime Disaster Relief Coordinator as part of the Navys role, led by the Department of Defense, in working in conjunction with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
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Subject Operation/Series: HURRICANE KATRINA
Base: USS Bataan (LHD 5)
Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Jeremy L. Grisham, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
29/08/2005
Source
Christie's
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