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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
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
Discussion Forum
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 Navymomx2 on November 13, 2012 at 2:48pm
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Yikes . I hope she recovers. My youngest son was scheduled to leave for boot camp back in 2010 when he broke his little finger, they called it a boxing fracture. He had a cast on for 6 weeks and discharged from his orthopaedic dr. with a clean biil of health after 10 weeks. Needless to say he had to go back through the meps medical process again. So instead of leaving in Sept. 2010 he left for GL on March 26th 2011. Giving him extra time to heal and I'm glad they did since in bc there is a lot of push ups, pull ups, etc. which could have cause a re break if not strong enough.
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Comment by blm on November 13, 2012 at 9:59am
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Christina got her thumb smashed in a door on the ship-brake one bone in half and smashed the tip, lost finger nail:(. So they stitched it and splinted it. Just praying now it heals without complications and that is the worst injury of her Navy career.
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I just told my husband last night that now that it is getting close to homecoming we probably wont hear from him till he gets back in Japan. What happened to your daughter?
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Navymomx2-Last text i got was Nov 8-they were back in Japan-had been to Hong Kong before that. I have not spoken to her in about 2 weeks though-she still has her spint on and it still sore, but she is hanging in there.
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Have'nt heard from my Sailor on 1 month. The last e-mail I got (on Oct. 11th) was very short only saying he was very busy with work, and getting some qualifications completed for next adv. test. I would love to hear from him more but on the other hand I am glad he is using this time by getting some things he needs to get done. I also doubt that my sailor will get to come home for Christmas since he was just here back in July. Just so ready to hear from him!!
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Just heard my daughter will not for Christmas. In Hong Kong. She is due to get her stitches out soon-thumb still smarts but doing ok
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Comment by Queenann ship 04/Div 152 on October 29, 2012 at 1:54pm
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Great to know that you heard from your sailor, Tom'sMom. I have not heard from mine for weeks so I look forward to hear from other moms. Thanks for sharing.
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Just heard from my daughter-she is not cranking anymore which is good, but she broke her thumb in a door :(. Went to medical and they pulled nail off, bandaged and gave her antibiotic and pain med-hoping she can call later.
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Heard from daughter-in Malaysia.
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Tom's Mom-thanks for the advice-I will definitely check with her before ordering.
Good luck to your son taking a class-that's great!
Sorry you missed his call-always so good to actually hear their voice, but good he got through to your husband and daughter-just not quite the same for you. Hope another call is soon.
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