(FIRST TO CARRY THE PROUD NAME, "USS TORTUGA")

    
U    S    S        T    O    R    T    U    G    A     2   6

The Tortuga was the first LSD to be put in service
at the outbreak of the Korean War.

After serving her Country in WW II, Korea & Vietnam, she was used for
target practice & scuttled. She was battered & beaten by violent
storms & she encountered hits from Tomahawk missiles, but it took
the "hot blue flame" of a welder's cutting torch to put her down ...

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PLEASE SIGN THE "DECK LOG" BEFORE YOU DEPART!

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PLEASE  SIGN  THE DECK LOG

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Click on the logo to go to the Korean War Vets Site

Click on the logo to go to the VietNam Vets Site


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