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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/USS_Tortuga_%28LSD-46%29.jpg/300px-USS_Tortuga_%28LSD-46%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/USS_Tortuga_%28LSD-46%29.jpg/450px-USS_Tortuga_%28LSD-46%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/USS_Tortuga_%28LSD-46%29.jpg/600px-USS_Tortuga_%28LSD-46%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1819" data-file-height="1199" /></a></span><div>USS <i>Tortuga</i> (LSD-46) in February 2001, off the coast of the Caribbean island of <a href="/wiki/Curacao" class="mw-redirect" title="Curacao">Curacao</a>.</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span 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style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>23 March 1987</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>15 September 1988</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Christened</td><td>19 November 1988</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>17 November 1990</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Homeport</td><td><a href="/wiki/Little_Creek,_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Little Creek, Virginia">Little Creek</a>, Virginia</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Motto</td><td><i>Tough, Tall, Tenacious</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Status</td><td>in active service</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Badge</td><td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Tortuga_LSD-46_Crest.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/USS_Tortuga_LSD-46_Crest.png/150px-USS_Tortuga_LSD-46_Crest.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/USS_Tortuga_LSD-46_Crest.png/225px-USS_Tortuga_LSD-46_Crest.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/USS_Tortuga_LSD-46_Crest.png/300px-USS_Tortuga_LSD-46_Crest.png 2x" data-file-width="674" data-file-height="858" /></a></span></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Whidbey_Island-class_dock_landing_ship" title="Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship"><i>Whidbey Island</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Dock_landing_ship" title="Dock landing ship">dock landing ship</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">11,471 tons (light)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">16,568 tons (full)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>610 ft (190 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>84 ft (26 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>21 ft (6.4 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>4 Colt Industries, 16-cylinder diesel engines, 2 shafts, 33,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shp</a> (25,000 kW)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>over 20 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (37 km/h; 23 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Boats & landing <br /> craft carried</td><td>5 <a href="/wiki/Landing_Craft_Air_Cushion" title="Landing Craft Air Cushion">LCACs</a> or 21 LCM-6s</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Troops</td><td>Marine detachment: 402 + 102 surge</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>22 officers, 391 enlisted</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × 25 mm <a href="/wiki/M242#Naval" class="mw-redirect" title="M242">Mk 38</a> cannons</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × 20 mm <a href="/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS" title="Phalanx CIWS">Phalanx</a> <a href="/wiki/CIWS" class="mw-redirect" title="CIWS">CIWS</a> mounts</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/RIM-116_Rolling_Airframe_Missile" title="RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile">Rolling Airframe Missile</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">6 × .50 caliber <a href="/wiki/M2HB" class="mw-redirect" title="M2HB">M2HB</a> machine guns</li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>USS <i>Tortuga</i> (LSD-46)</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Whidbey_Island-class_dock_landing_ship" title="Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship"><i>Whidbey Island</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Dock_landing_ship" title="Dock landing ship">dock landing ship</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>. She was the second Navy ship to be named for the <a href="/wiki/Dry_Tortugas" class="mw-redirect" title="Dry Tortugas">Dry Tortugas</a>, a group of desert <a href="/wiki/Coral" title="Coral">coral</a> islets 60 miles (97 km) west of <a href="/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West">Key West</a>, Florida. </p><p><i>Tortuga</i> was <a href="/wiki/Keel_laying" title="Keel laying">laid down</a> on 23 March 1987, by the <a href="/wiki/Avondale_Shipyards" class="mw-redirect" title="Avondale Shipyards">Avondale Shipyards</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, Louisiana. The threat of <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Gilbert" title="Hurricane Gilbert">Hurricane Gilbert</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a> forced an early launching of the ship, as a precautionary measure, on 15 September 1988. On 19 November 1988, Mrs. Rosemary Parker Schoultz, the ship's sponsor, presided over the <a href="/wiki/Ship_naming_and_launching" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship naming and launching">christening ceremony</a>, breaking the traditional bottle of <a href="/wiki/Champagne_(wine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Champagne (wine)">champagne</a> over the bow of the ship.<sup id="cite_ref-Tortuga_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tortuga-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Tortuga</i> was <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">commissioned</a> on 17 November 1990. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Tortuga_(LSD-46)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Orleans_USS_Tortuga_Katrina_Sept_5.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/New_Orleans_USS_Tortuga_Katrina_Sept_5.jpg/220px-New_Orleans_USS_Tortuga_Katrina_Sept_5.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/New_Orleans_USS_Tortuga_Katrina_Sept_5.jpg/330px-New_Orleans_USS_Tortuga_Katrina_Sept_5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/New_Orleans_USS_Tortuga_Katrina_Sept_5.jpg/440px-New_Orleans_USS_Tortuga_Katrina_Sept_5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1960" data-file-height="1642" /></a><figcaption><i>Tortuga</i> in September 2005, moored pier side in <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> during <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a> relief efforts</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1997, <i>Tortuga</i> was commanded by <a href="/wiki/Commander_(United_States)" title="Commander (United States)">Commander</a> Kenneth M. Rome, and made a Mediterranean deployment from 1 July 1998 until 8 December 1998. In 1999, Commander J.M. Burdon assumed command and commanded the ship until his retirement in late 2000. He was succeeded by Commander James P. Driscoll, and in October 2000, the ship was ordered on an emergency deployment to support UNITAS 2000 in the South Pacific after <a href="/wiki/USS_La_Moure_County_(LST-1194)" title="USS La Moure County (LST-1194)">USS <i>La Moure County</i></a> had run aground on an underwater mountain off the coast of <a href="/wiki/Valpara%C3%ADso" title="Valparaíso">Valparaíso</a>, Chile suffering catastrophic damage. After successfully finishing the UNITAS deployment, Tortuga returned to Little Creek. In January 2001, <i>Tortuga</i> was assigned as <a href="/wiki/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Standing_Naval_Forces_Atlantic" class="mw-redirect" title="Standing Naval Forces Atlantic">Standing Naval Forces Atlantic</a> a <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> peacekeeping/quick reaction force. </p><p>In August 2002, <i>Tortuga</i> departed North Carolina with marines and sailors from BLT 2/2. During this time she was the home to Echo Company, CAAT Red and a section of CAAT Green, as well as LAR and AmTracks. The group was on what was supposed to be a six-month deployment. In September and October 2002, <i>Tortuga</i> was in Thessaloniki, Greece in support of BLT 2/2 operations in Kosovo. In November <i>Tortuga</i> transited the Suez Canal with the rest of her ARG. They were then assigned to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Fifth_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Fifth Fleet">U.S. Fifth Fleet</a>. In mid-November, <i>Tortuga</i> put Marines from BLT 2/2 ashore in Djibouti. She then proceeded south of the equator to the Seychelle Islands. In March 2003, <i>Tortuga</i> proceeded to the Persian Gulf to deploy her Marines and sailors in support of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Iraqi_Freedom" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Iraqi Freedom">Operation Iraqi Freedom</a>. The Marines and sailors returned to <i>Tortuga</i> in April and returned to the United States on 27 May 2003 after a 9-month deployment. </p><p>In 2005, <i>Tortuga</i> was commanded by Commander Mark H. Scovill, homeported at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Amphibious_Base_Little_Creek" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek">NAB Little Creek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, and assigned to Amphibious Group 2 of the <a href="/wiki/US_Atlantic_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="US Atlantic Fleet">Atlantic Fleet</a>. </p><p>On 25 August 2005 <i>Tortuga</i> and her crew were pulled from a training exercise and sent to New Orleans to become part of <a href="/wiki/Joint_Task_Force_Katrina" title="Joint Task Force Katrina">Joint Task Force Katrina</a>. She was the first Navy warship to sail up the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a> following the hurricane and berthed on the West Bank of New Orleans Naval Station. The ship instantly became a major rally point for the scattered military and civilian forces across New Orleans. <i>Tortuga</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s crew conducted rescue missions in the flooded Ninth Ward and assisted local officials from St. Bernard Parish. Crew members employed combat rubber raiding craft (CRRCs) which allowed them to search flooded areas with many underwater obstacles. As the crew rescued people from neighborhoods they were brought back to <i>Tortuga</i> with 7 and 11 meter RHIBs. Evacuees were processed, received medical attention, and were forwarded to their next destination at the earliest possible time. As water receded in New Orleans and the CRRCs became useless, the ship served as the headquarters for the 618th ESC "Nasty", and the 307th Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division U.S. Army camped out on the Naval Station, while they worked in conjunction with U.S. Navy units to conduct rescue and clean up missions. </p><p>On 14 October 2005, the U.S. Navy announced that <i>Tortuga</i> would be forward-deployed to <a href="/wiki/U.S._Fleet_Activities_Sasebo" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo">Sasebo</a>, Japan to replace <a href="/wiki/USS_Fort_McHenry" title="USS Fort McHenry">USS <i>Fort McHenry</i></a>. <i>Tortuga</i> arrived in Sasebo 31 March 2006 for turnover and assignment as part of the U.S. Navy's Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF). On 12 April the crews of the two ships completed an exchange-of-command process. Conducted in 12 days, the hull swap between <i>Fort McHenry</i> and <i>Tortuga</i> was the quickest in the history of the U.S. Navy. <i>Tortuga</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s former crew departed Sasebo on 13 April 2006 to return to Little Creek on board <i>Fort McHenry</i>. </p><p>On 15 May, only a month following the swap, <i>Tortuga</i> departed for a three-month deployment. The deployment was centered around an annual exercise called Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2006. <i>Tortuga</i> joined a newly established <a href="/wiki/Task_force" title="Task force">task group</a> (TG 73.5) reporting directly to Commander, Logistics Group WESTPAC out of <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>. The group consisted of five ships, <i>Tortuga</i>, the destroyer <a href="/wiki/USS_Hopper" title="USS Hopper"><i>Hopper</i></a>, the frigate <a href="/wiki/USS_Crommelin" title="USS Crommelin"><i>Crommelin</i></a>, the supply ship <a href="/wiki/USNS_Salvor" title="USNS Salvor">USNS <i>Salvor</i></a>, and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">United States Coast Guard</a> vessel <a href="/wiki/SLNS_Gajabahu_(P626)" title="SLNS Gajabahu (P626)">USCGC <i>Sherman</i></a>. The group visited and operated with the navies of <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brunei" title="Brunei">Brunei</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>. </p><p>USS <i>Tortuga</i> visited the island of <a href="/wiki/Iwo_Jima" title="Iwo Jima">Iwo Jima</a> in March 2008 and March 2010 to celebrate the anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima" title="Battle of Iwo Jima">World War II battle fought there</a>. </p><p>In 2011, <i>Tortuga</i> participated in disaster relief after the <a href="/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami">2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Tomodachi" title="Operation Tomodachi">Operation Tomodachi</a>, the ship transported Japanese Self-Defense Force personnel and equipment from <a href="/wiki/Hokkaido" title="Hokkaido">Hokkaido</a> to <a href="/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu">Honshu</a> island.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Divers from the ship helped map and clear debris from the ports of <a href="/wiki/Hachinohe,_Aomori" class="mw-redirect" title="Hachinohe, Aomori">Hachinohe, Aomori</a> and <a href="/wiki/Miyako,_Iwate" title="Miyako, Iwate">Miyako, Iwate</a>, facilitating both ports to reopen to ship traffic.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 5 to 7 April 2013, <i>Tortuga</i> participated in a joint annual military exercises together with the <a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_the_Philippines" title="Armed Forces of the Philippines">Armed Forces of the Philippines</a> to enhance regional cooperation and effectiveness in the region. More than 8,000 personnel will be conducted the Balikatan exercises.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2013, <i>Tortuga</i> completed a hull swap with <a href="/wiki/USS_Ashland_(LSD-48)" title="USS Ashland (LSD-48)">USS <i>Ashland</i></a> and then returned to her new homeport of <a href="/wiki/Little_Creek,_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Little Creek, Virginia">Little Creek, Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Tortuga_(LSD-46)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Tortuga-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Tortuga_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6449758">"The christening of the dock landing ship USS TORTUGA (LSD 46)"</a>. 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