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Caption:
New Orleans (Sept. 10, 2005) -- Sailors prepare to unload a combat
rubber reconnaissance craft (CRRC) from a Mechanized Landing Craft as
it sits in the well deck of the dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46).
Boat crews navigate the CRRC's through the flooded streets of New
Orleans while assisting in the rescue and recovery efforts in the wake
of Hurricane Katrina. Tortuga is currently moored at Naval Support
Activity New Orleans in support of Hurricane Katrina humanitarian
assistance operations. The Navy's involvement in the humanitarian
assistance operations is being led by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the Department of Defense. U.S. Navy
photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Kristopher Wilson (RELEASED)
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