USS Tortuga
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Two Dock Landing Ship
s of the United States Navy have been named USS Tortuga, after the Dry Tortugas
, islands off Florida
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Dock landing ship
A Dock landing ship or Landing ship is a form of amphibious warship designed to support amphibious operations. These amphibious assault ships transport and launch amphibious craft and vehicles with their crews and embarked personnel...
s of the United States Navy have been named USS Tortuga, after the Dry Tortugas
Dry Tortugas
The Dry Tortugas are a small group of islands, located at the end of the Florida Keys, USA, about west of Key West, and west of the Marquesas Keys, the closest islands. Still further west is the Tortugas Bank, which is completely submerged. The first Europeans to discover the islands were the...
, islands off Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
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- The first was commissioned in 1945, in action during the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and decommissioned in 1970.
- The second was commissioned in 1990 and is on active service as of 2011.