US Navy (USN) Sailors assigned to the Wasp Class: Amphibious Assault Ship, USS BATAAN (LHD 5) aboard a Landing Craft Utility (LCU-1656) craft participate in a stern gate marriage evolution, in the Gulf of Mexico, as part of the Hurricane Katrina humanitarian relief effort. The USN is currently involved in Hurricane Katrina 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 Pedro A. Rodriguez, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
13/09/2005
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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