PHILIPPINE SEA -- The Multicultural Committee aboard amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) hosted an event to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month while on deployment in the Western ...

SAN DIEGO -- The command master chief (CMC) of USS Tortuga (LSD 46) was relieved of his duties on March 25 after a loss of confidence due to substandard performance. CMDCM(SW) Bryant Rice was ...

USS Tortuga (LSD 46) arrived on March 31 after completing an 11,000-mile voyage across two oceans and transiting the Panama Canal for a scheduled hull swap with USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43).

Nov. 15 (UPI) --BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair has been awarded $139.8 million to repair and modernize the USS Tortuga LSD-46, a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship. The deal, announced ...

USS Tortuga's (LSD 46) Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Thomas Goudreau and Executive Officer, Cmdr. John Fleming, were relieved of their duties Dec. 16, due to loss of confidence in their ability to ...

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 29, 2009) Gunner's Mate Seaman Thomas Chapman, from Abeline, Texas, assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46), prepares to fire a shot line across to the ...

PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 31, 2011) An MH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Helicopter Mine Squadron 111 lands aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS ...

The Essex ESG participating in CG09 is composed of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), amphibious dock landing ships USS Tortuga (LSD 46) and USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) and guided ...