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	USS Tortuga (LSD-46) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Tortuga (LSD-46) is a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy.
		She was the second Navy ship to be named for the Dry Tortugas, a group of desert coral islets 60 miles west of Key West, Fla., which were discovered in 1513 by Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon.
		As of 2005, Tortuga is commanded by CDR Mark H. Scovill, homeported at NAB Little Creek, Virginia, and assigned to Amphibious Group 2 of the Atlantic Fleet.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Tortuga_(LSD-46) (238 words)

	USS Tortuga
		Tortuga (LSD-26) was laid down on 16 October 1944 by the Boston Navy Yard, launched on 21 January 1945; sponsored by Mrs.
		Tortuga shifted to the Mekong Delta region on 12 June to serve as a floating base for the Navy's fast PBR's of TF 116 and for a detachment of Army Bell UH-1B Huey helicopter gunships.
		On the last leg of her Vietnam-bound voyage, Tortuga instituted a stepped-up shipboard defense program consisting of daily general quarters drills, exercising especially with the ship's guns and in damage control problems-for the ship had received intelligence reports that a Viet Cong rocket attack was expected to coincide with her arrival at Danang.
	www.navyhistory.com /LSD/tortuga.html (2184 words)

	USS Tortuga
		Tortuga shifted to the Mekong Delta region on 12 June to serve as a floating base for the Navy's fast PBR's of Task Force 116 and for a detachment of Army Bell UH-1B Huey helicopter gunships.
		On the last leg of her Vietnam-bound voyage, Tortuga instituted a stepped-up shipboard defense program consisting of daily general quarters drills, exercising especially with the ship's guns and in damage control problems -- for the ship had received intelligence reports that a Viet Cong rocket attack was expected to coincide with her arrival at Danang.
		When paraflares were sighted on the horizon at 0200 on 14 March, Tortuga knew that she had arrived at her destination and went to general quarters.
	www.mrfa.org /LSD-26.htm (1284 words)

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		In Constanta, Commander Richard Callas, commanding officer of the USS Austin, met with the Romanian navy Chief of Staff at the naval headquarters and participated in a wreath laying ceremony at the national cemetery's memorial to those Romanians killed in the service of their country.
		Tortuga takes her name from the Dry Tortugas, a series of seven coral islands 68 miles southwest of Key West, Fla., which were discovered in 1513 by explorer Juan Ponce de Leon and named Las Tortugas — the turtles - because of the abundance of turtles found on the islands.
		Tortuga has had the distinction of being the first U.S. Naval vessel to land a Romanian helicopter while visiting the European nation, and being the last ship to conduct evolutions at fleet training group Guantanamo Bay.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/news/eurnews/eur98/eur98043.txt (3149 words)

	USS Tortuga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Two Dock Landing Ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Tortuga, after the Dry Tortugas islands off Florida.
		The first Tortuga (LSD-26) was commissioned in 1945, in action during the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and decomissioned in 1970.
		The second Tortuga (LSD-46) was commissioned in 1990 and is on active service as of 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Tortuga (130 words)

	USS Tortuga (LSD 46)
		USS TORTUGA is the sixth Dock Landing Ship in the WHIDBEY ISLAND class and the third ship in that class built by Avondale in New Orleans.
		Construction of the TORTUGA began in September of 1986 at Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans.
		TORTUGA was safely floated the next morning but remained at anchor while divers conducted an underwater inspection of the hull.
	navysite.de /ships/lsd46.htm (647 words)

	Soundings Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		DC1 (SW) Alfred Lopez and members of Crash and Salvage Hose Team Three, USS Tortuga (LSD 46), help one on many guests of “Family Day Cruise 2006” with the hose on the ship’s flight deck after a successful flight casualty drill.
		USS Tortuga (LSD 46) Sailors welcomed aboard some very distinguished visitors-members of the Sasebo community-for day at sea, May 12.
		Tortuga's Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Michael T. Talaga, commented how pleased he was to get so many special guests on the ship for the cruise.
	www.cfas.navy.mil /soundingsonline/Contents/news/Tortuga_05_16_06.htm (701 words)

	LSD 46 Tortuga
		The contract for the Tortuga was awarded on Nov 26, 1984 and her keel was laid on Mar 23, 1987.
		In April 1996, the Tortuga along with the Portland, Guam and Trenton assisted the 22nd MEU in a deployment to Liberia from the Mediterranean Sea.
		This was the fifth and final exercise that the Tortuga had taken part in during her 1998 Med deployment.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/lsd-46.htm (581 words)

	USS Tortuga LSD 26 - US Navy - Korean War Project
		Comments: I was on the Tortuga from Nov. 1950 to Jan. l952 during the Korean war.
		The USS Tortuga was stationed in N. China and all up and down the China coast before we went to Korea.
		On Sat, 31 Jul 1999 fdwdew Email address wrote: The USS Tortuga was very active during the Korean War.
	www.koreanwar.org /html/units/navy/uss_tortuga.htm (1091 words)

	Bulletin Board for USS Tortuga - LSD 26
		USS TORTUGA LSD-26 (NOTICE) An Invitation From The Vice President & Membership Chairman JOE LEE.
		The following message is for all the former crew members who served on the USS Tortuga LSD-26.
		Former Tortuga crew members, did you know that there is an Association composed of many of your...
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageBulletinBoard/1,13492,200050,00.html?Page=2 (101 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Al-Qaida on the high seas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The USS Austin, bringing up the rear of the transit group, contacted the Tortuga's combat information center and asked why the boat wasn't fired upon, a question the ship couldn't answer since the standing rules of engagement allowed for the Tortuga to engage the boat.
		He is one of the heroes of the USS Cole, now onboard the Tortuga and back in the Gulf of Aden for the first time since the terrorist attack killed some of his friends in October 2000.
		In the Tortuga incident, despite the fact that the rules of engagement were clear, the hails and warnings completed by the book, not firing on the small boat may have been the wisest course.
	www.wnd.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30119 (1714 words)

	HARIAN UMUM SUARA MERDEKA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Aboard USS Tortuga (Reuters): Stuck on a ship for five months in the Arabian Gulf, some Marines and sailors aboard the USS Tortuga are taking anger management classes to help them deal positively with the frustrations of daily life at sea.
		Samuel Ravelo, the Tortuga's chaplain who is leading the anger management class, says anger is not negative — especially for those going to fight for their country.
		The Marines on the Tortuga, the USS Nassau and the USS Austin could be the first to be called upon if there is a war and the Marines are sent to capture an airfield, a port or some other strategic position.
	www.suaramerdeka.com /harian/0302/02/eng5.htm (603 words)

	Program Executive Office Ships Homepage - Current and Future Surface Combatant, Amphibious and Auxiliary Ships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		USS IWO JIMA (NNS) -- USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) honored veterans of the Battle of Iwo Jima in a sunset reception, March 23.
		USS JUNEAU, At Sea (NNS) -- A special group of Army doctors, dentists and veterinarians boarded USS Juneau (LPD 10) and met a new type of operational environment Feb. 17-March 3, to accomplish a string of civil military operations (CMO) in Jolo, Republic of Philippines, as a part of Exercise Balikatan 2006.
		USS ESSEX, At Sea (NNS) -- Adm. William J. Fallon, commander, U.S. Pacific Command, visited USS Essex (LHD 2) March 2, to thank the crew and embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) for their hard work during the Leyte humanitarian assistance, disaster relief efforts while the ship was underway off the Philippine coast.
	peoships.crane.navy.mil /news/Mar06.htm (2004 words)

	USPACOM Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		As USS Fort McHenry left India Basin here Thursday for the last time as a Forward Deployed Naval Forces ship, the lifeblood of the ship, its crew, remained behind in Sasebo to man that port’s newest resident — the almost-identical USS Tortuga.
		Tortuga’s crew now is aboard the Fort McHenry, which is headed soon to its new home in Virginia.
		Michael T. Talaga, Tortuga’s skipper, said, “We completed earlier than expected because the crews of both ships started communications very early and focused on priority items.” An administrative exchange-of-command took place Wednesday afternoon on the flight deck of the Tortuga, which now officially is part of the FDNF.
	www.pacom.mil /articles/articles2006/060414story1.shtml (281 words)

	Naval Technology - LSD Whidbey Island/Harpers Ferry Class - Dock Landing Ships - Amphibious Assault Vessels
		The last of class, USS Pearl Harbour (LSD 52), was commissioned in May 1998.
		The latest ship of the class, the USS Pearl Harbor, was built with SSDS Mk 1 already fitted and all 12 ships have since been retrofitted with the SSDS Mk 1 system.
		USS Oak Hill LSD 51 stern view low angle starboard.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/harpers (683 words)

	Press Releases, Statements & Transcripts - Embassy of the U.S. in Georgia
		She is currently operating as part of the USS Guam amphibious ready group under the U.S. Sixth Fleet, which routinely visits Mediterrenean ports of call.
		Tortuga was recently awarded the armed forces service medal for participating in Operation Joint Endeavor off the coast of Bosnia.
		The Tortuga's rock and roll band "Canvas Blues" will perform two concerts at the beachfront promenade in Batumi at 20:00 p.m.
	georgia.usembassy.gov /releases/96-99/release19960619.html (222 words)

	THE LAST LANDING FOR USS TORTUGA
		By 1330 the bow of TORTUGA had swung out from the beach and was afloat in 20 to 25 feet of water with the stern still aground.
		Aboard TORTUGA were four salvage personnel, who cut the two wires connecting the wreck to the salvage vessel.
		At 0910, lines from the tug to the TORTUGA were released, moving rapidly toward the middle of the vessel, the two remaining salvage personnel opened the valves to let the air bleed off from the tanks.
	members.tripod.com /turn2/final.html (1232 words)

	USS Tortuga arrives in Sasebo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		USS Tortuga (LSD 46) arrived here March 31, 2006 after completing an 11,000-mile voyage across two oceans and transiting the Panama Canal for a scheduled hull swap with USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43).
		Tortuga is the sixth Whidbey Island class ship and will join Commander, Task Force 76 (CTF 76), serving as an integral part of the Navy’s Forward Deployed Expeditionary Strike Group (FD-ESG) and Forward Deployed Amphibious Ready Group (ARG).
		Forward deployment of Tortuga ensures the ability of Commander U.S. Seventh Fleet to fulfill the U.S. Government’s commitment to the defense of Japan and the maintenance of international peace and security in the Far East in support of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security.
	www.c7f.navy.mil /news/2006/april/3.htm (633 words)

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		Tortuga's officers and chiefs hosted an international gathering March 30 that was attended by the Albanian Chief of Naval Operations.
		All of Tortuga's volunteers worked hard, and I only wish we could of done more for them." Meanwhile, Chaplain Keiren Mandato, the Commander Amphibious Squadron Two chaplain, and Archbishop Rodrigo Polance, who was visiting from Rome, were assisted by Tortuga Sailors at another orphange, The Missionaries of Charity.
		Tortuga Sailors included Ship's Serviceman Senior Chief Petty Officer Vicki Johnson, of Gladstone, Mich., and Fireman Armond Pree, from Compton, Calif. The team provided books, a sewing machine, clothing, food, milk and other desperately needed supplies to the nuns running the orphanage.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/news/eurnews/eur96/eur96015.txt (1617 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Arab vessel threatened U.S. warship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		A number of fishing vessels were in the Strait of Gibraltar as the Nassau steamed through to the Mediterranean Sea, leading a Marine amphibious-ready group bound for Kosovo peacekeeping duties.
		The vessel kept coming, and was on a collision course with the USS Tortuga, a dock-landing ship traveling with the flagship Nassau.
		The USS Austin, running behind the Tortuga, called the Tortuga bridge to ask why it hadn't fired on the craft, which clearly threatened to ram the ship, which carried 468 Marines.
	www.wnd.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=29553 (603 words)

	Echo Company?s Return to Tortuga As Good As It Gets
		This may be the typical scene most people picture when they hear the term 'homecoming,' but not the crew of dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) or the Marines of Echo Company, part of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
		The Sailors and Marines of Tortuga, part of the USS Nassau (LHA 4) Amphibious Ready Group, have been deployed away from home for more than eight months.
		Homeported in Little Creek, Va., Tortuga is currently deployed to the Central Command Area of Responsibility.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2003/05/mil-030503-nns02.htm (757 words)

	Sgt. Willie Copeland, The Navy Cross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Norfolk-based USS Bataan (LHD-5) was already on station, having been in the Gulf of Mexico when Katrina made her way around Florida and to the Gulf coast.
		The amphibious transport ship USS Shreveport (LPD-12), dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD-46), the rescue and salvage ship USS Grapple (ARS-53), USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41), and elements of Naval Beach Group 2 all joined the Bataan, arriving on station on September 3, three days after launch.
		USS Tarawa is sailing in the Mediterranean Sea with the 13th MEU-SOC, and the USS Peleliu is in the Pacific Ocean.
	www.talkingproud.us /Military042205.html (827 words)

	TIMES NEWSWEEKLY/COMMUNITY CAVALCADE
		Tortuga, a dock landing ship, departed its homeport at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on August 26 for a six-month deployment with the USS Nassau (LHD-4) Amphibious Ready Group.
		The USS Tortuga is equipped with two 25mm MK 38 machine guns, two 20mm Phalanx Close-in Weapons System mounts, and six.50 caliber machine guns.
		Referring to sailors like Rosario and his shipmates on board USS Tortuga, he said, “The President of the United States said that we’re going to keep [the terrorists] on the run.
	www.timesnewsweekly.com /Archives2002/Oct.-Dec.2002/101002/NewFiles/COMM.CAVAL.html (415 words)

	Sept 99 Page 9
		Two days later, the manager of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Francesca Cava, asked if I would join her and representatives from the Navy and the National Park Service in an inspection of the wreck named USS Tortuga.
		The ballast tanks were pumped dry, and Tortuga finally was pulled off the beach.
		He was one of the first people to board the Tortuga shortly after her rounding.
	www.usswhetstone.net /publishnewsletters/archives/publish0999/page9.html (711 words)

	1988
		When I was on active duty, I was assigned as the 2nd Division officer, USS Tortuga (LSD 46).
		I was with the Tortuga down in Gitmo during the first Gulf War.
		He served as Chief Engineer aboard USS CHAMPION (MCM-4) from January 1998 to December 1999, and Staff Material and Logistics Officer for Amphibious Squadron ELEVEN, forward deployed to Sasebo, Japan, from December 1999 to August 2001.
	www.usnavy.vt.edu /Alumni/1988.htm (987 words)

	Tester Main Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		During the January-February sea trials period which was conducted aboard the LHA class ship, USS Saipan, the MV-22 completed more than 350 landings and tests to determine its suitability for operations aboard large deck amphibious ships, as well as all of its required maintenance and nonflying tests.
		While on USS Saipan, the pilots established parameters for wind conditions for six helicopter landing spots, executed 260 day and night vertical launches and 269 recoveries over these landing spots, and performed nine short takeoffs.
		Accomplishments aboard the LSD class ship, USS Tortuga, also included building the wind envelope for two landing spots and completing more than 75 day and night launches and recoveries on these spots.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ac/docs/tst_a10799.htm (550 words)

	Pacific Fleet Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		GULF OF THAILAND (NNS) -- A ship-deployed surface target (SDST) was launched from USS Tortuga (LSD 46) during a gunnery exercise with the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) June 23, in the Gulf of Thailand.
		CARAT is an annual series of bilateral maritime training exercises between the United States and six Southeast Asia nations designed to build relationships and enhance the operational readiness of the participating forces.
		USS Salvor (ARS 52) is also part of the U.S. CARAT task group.
	www.cpf.navy.mil /news_images/0606/060626a.htm (561 words)

	Gamewardens of Vietnam, official home of task force 116
		I served aboard the USS Tortuga LSD-26 for 4 years.
		These pictures were taken August 1966 on station off the Basac River in the delta of Viet Nam.
		The USS Tortuga LSD (26) sailed for Vietnamese waters on 1 March 1966, arrived at Vung Tau on 18 April, and relieved Belle Grove (LSD-2) as support ship for "Game Warden" -- the Navy's operation designed to interdict the flow of communist supplies along the coastlines of South Vietnam.
	www.tf116.org /stories/mWilson.html (366 words)

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