MY LAST DUTY STATION USS TORTUGA (LSD-26)

MY LAST DUTY STATION USS TORTUGA (LSD-26), a photo by roberthuffstutter on Flickr.

MY LAST DUTY STATION USS TORTUGA (LSD-26)
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When I reported for duty to the USS TORTUGA in February of 1964, the ship was in dry dock at Hunter's Point in San Francisco. For the first few months, we lived on shabby barges until the ship had been completely overhauled and refurbished. Once we got underway, the morale raised considerably.