Dock Landing Ship

LSD 46   -   USS Tortuga

 

 

 

USS Tortuga (LSD 46)

US Navy photo

Type, Class:

 

Dock Landing Ship; Whidbey Island - class;

Builder:

 

Avondale Shipbuilding, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

STATUS:

 

Laid down: March 23, 1987

Launched: September 15, 1988

Commissioned: November 17, 1990

ACTIVE UNIT / in commission (Atlantic Fleet)

Homeport:

 

Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia

Namesake:

 

> see history, below;

Ship's Motto:

 

TOUGH - TALL - TENACIOUS

Technical Data:

(Measures, Propulsion,

Armament, Aviation, etc.)

 

see: INFO > Dock Landing Ship / Whidbey Island - class

 

ship images

 

Photo credits: US Navy, US Naval Historical Center

 

Namesake & History:

 

 

USS Tortuga (LSD 46):

 

 

 

patches

 

 

 

 

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