USS Tortuga

USS Tortuga

Two Dock Landing Ships of the United States Navy have been named USS "Tortuga", after the Dry Tortugas, islands off Florida.

* The first USS|Tortuga|LSD-26|3 was commissioned in 1945, in action during the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and decommissioned in 1970.
* The second USS|Tortuga|LSD-46|3 was commissioned in 1990 and is on active service as of 2008.


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