page_title: USS Tortuga (LSD-46)
hierarchical_section_title: USS Tortuga (LSD-46)
caption_attribution_description: 010217-N-0872M-506 At sea with USS Tortuga (LSD 46) -- The amphibious transport dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) cruises off the coast of Caribbean island of Curacao, during operations in support of exercise "Relieve Discomfort". Training is aimed at improving Standing Naval Forces, Atlantic's (SNFL) operational capability to undertake humanitarian aid and disaster relief. Other countries participating during the exercise were the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark Spain, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
context_page_description: USS Tortuga (LSD-46) is a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship to be named for the Dry Tortugas, a group of desert coral islets 60 miles west of Key West, Florida.
  Tortuga was laid down on 23 March 1987, by the Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, Louisiana. The threat of Hurricane Gilbert in the Gulf of Mexico 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 christening ceremony, breaking the traditional bottle of champagne over the bow of the ship. Tortuga was commissioned on 17 November 1990.
context_section_description: USS Tortuga (LSD-46) is a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship to be named for the Dry Tortugas, a group of desert coral islets 60 miles (97 km) west of Key West, Florida.
  Tortuga was laid down on 23 March 1987, by the Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, Louisiana. The threat of Hurricane Gilbert in the Gulf of Mexico 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 christening ceremony, breaking the traditional bottle of champagne over the bow of the ship. Tortuga was commissioned on 17 November 1990.
caption: USS Tortuga (LSD-46) in February 2001, off the coast of the Caribbean island of Curacao.
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