My Old Ship that I was stationed on in the seventies, the USS Shreveport is helping with the Hurricane Katrina Relief.

The Shreveport is a Landing Transport Dock that normally fills up
with water with boats coming out of its stern to land marines on
shore.

Its good to see that it is helping victims of Katrina.

These ships can also provide shelter for these victims as well.

I hope that they consider that option.

The Shreveport is stationed in Norfolk Virginia.

CBN/700 Club/Operation Blessing is nearby and I did some phone counseling for them in the seventies.

Their Operation Blessing is providing disaster relief for the Hurricane Victims.

You can reach them at : 1-800 759-0700

or you can go to their website at:

http://www.cbn.com/

The following is an article about the part my old ship is playing in the disaster relief:

http://www.wtkr.com/global/story.asp?s=3785821&ClientType=Printable

Here are several pictures of the USS Shreveport:

http://images.google.com/images?q=USS+Shreveport&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

Here is the USS Shreveport's Website:

http://www.shreveport.navy.mil/

Here is one picture of the Shreveport: