US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1656 departs for New Orleans, Louisiana (LA), from the well deck of the USN Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS BATAAN (LHD 5), loaded with sand bags, water, a small flat-bottom boat, 300 lifejackets, a High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), and supplies to last 10 days. The USN tasked the BATAAN as the Maritime Disaster Relief Coordinator for naval rescue and relief operations in the region. Department of Defense (DoD) units mobilized to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) disaster relief efforts in the Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Pedro A. Rodriguez, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
31/08/2005
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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