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USS TORTUGA

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This group is for anyone with a sailor on the USS TORTUGA in Saesbo, Japan.

Location: Saesbo, Japan
Members: 47
Latest Activity: Aug 25, 2014

About the USS TORTUGA

USS TORTUGA is the sixth Dock Landing Ship in the WHIDBEY ISLAND class and the third ship in that class built by Avondale in New Orleans. In April 2006, the TORTUGA replaced the USS FORT McHENRY (LSD 43) as a forward deployed naval unit in Sasebo, Japan. The hull swap was part of the Navy's long-range plan to routinely replace older ships assigned to the Navy's Forward Deployed Naval Force with newer or more capable ships. The TORTUGA was previously homeported in Little Creek, Va.

General Characteristics: Keel laid: March 23, 1987
Christened: November 19, 1988
Commissioned: September 7, 1990
Builder: Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, La.
Propulsion system: four Colt Industries 16 Cylinder Diesels
Propellers: two
Length: 610 feet (186 meters)
Beam: 84 feet (25.6 meters)
Draft: 21 feet (6.4 meters)
Displacement: approx. 16,000 tons full load
Speed: 22 knots
Well deck capacity: four LCAC or 21 LCM-6 (on deck: one LCM-6, two LCPL and one LCVP)
Aircraft: none, but two landing spots allow for operation of aircraft as large as the CH-53E
Crew: Ship: 20 Officers, 25 Chief Petty Officers, 302 Enlisted
Crew: Marine Detachment: approx. 400 + approx. 100 surge
Armament: two 20mm Phalanx CIWS, two 25mm Mk-38 guns, six .50-calibre Machine guns, two Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) systems
Cost: $153 million
Homeport: Sasebo, Japan

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Mailing a letter to our Sailor

Started by number1fanofmyson. Last reply by number1fanofmyson Feb 27, 2013. 10 Replies 0 Likes

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Comment by pamdolen on September 13, 2013 at 9:45pm: This page needs updating please as the Tortuga is no longer stationed in Sasebo!

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Comment by blm on June 25, 2013 at 6:29pm: this was posted on Tortuga facebook today:

USS TORTUGA LSD 46 "TOUGH! TALL! TENACIOUS!"

****************** POST OFFICE NOTE: USS TORTUGA MAILING ADDRESS WILL OFFICIALLY CHANGE 1 JULY 2013. Crew members are encouraged to notify family, friends, creditors, and correspondence of the address change. NEW USS ASHLAND MAILING ADDRESS TO BE USED AFTER 1 JULY 2013. ...

USS ASHLAND (LSD 48)

FPO AP 96660-1736
USS TORTUGA FPO AP 96679-1734 will continue to exist for 60 days AFTER the hull-swap and all mail received two months after the hull-swap to the old TOR address will be forwarded by the VA based TORTUGA crew back to our new ship, USS Ashland. *****************

I suppose will should change name of our group??

Comment by Navymomx2 on June 10, 2013 at 3:07pm: This has been our experience. Someone else may have experienced a similar circumstance with a different outcome.

Comment by Navymomx2 on June 10, 2013 at 3:05pm: Yes it is possible that he might get it approved but it may be too early to ask right now especially since the ship may not know if it will be deployed at that time or not. If they are deployed it is unlikely he will be able to get that time since he would have to be flown from the ship back to the base. I think they will only do that in the case of a death in the immediate family. There was a death in my family in July 2010 and they flew my son to his base and then home ( at his expense of course). He got 14 days and then had to fly back, then back to his ship which was still deployed.

Comment by Kristine (USS Tortuga) on June 10, 2013 at 11:08am: Hi ladies! I am sorry to bug everyone but I didn't know how this works. My brother put in for leave for next spring and it has been denied so he is going to try again closer to the date of my wedding and hopefully it gets approved. Do you ladies know anything about how leave works when they are deployed? I'd ask my brother but he is pretty non-communicative lately for some reason. I'm starting to worry as I'd like him to be IN the wedding. Thanks so much for any information you have - last I heard they were in Thailand (and may still be).