(First to carry the proud name "USS Tortuga")
Tortuga was the first LSD (Dock, Landing Ship ) to be put back in service at the outbreak of the Korean war.
After being commissioned in the final phase of World War II and serving her country in Both Korean and Vietnam she was used
for target practice and scuttled. She was battered and beaten by violent storms then encountered hits from Tomahawk missiles. But, it took the "Hot Blue Flame" of the welders cutting torch to put her down.
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Portland Or.
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Reunions
2005, 2007 - 2010
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