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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University and the University of New Orleans organized the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (HDMB) in 2005 in partnership with many national and Gulf Coast area organizations and individuals. HDMB was awarded the Award of Merit for Leadership in History, and is the largest free public archive of Katrina and Rita with over 25,000 items in the collection. Read More.

Destroyed CG Station in Gulfport

A uniformed officer walks along a debris-strewn street covered in mud and splintered wood, with downed trees and wreckage of the destroyed Coast Guard Station Gulfport visible in the background.

Collection

USCG Released photos, Hurricane Katrina

GULFPORT, Miss. (Sept, 6, 2005) Coast Guard Station Gulfport Mississippi destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. USCG photo by Lt.j.g Earl Lingerfelt. 050906-C-4567L-008 (

Citation

“Destroyed CG Station in Gulfport,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2406.