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Evacuation by Barge

A large crowd wearing red life jackets stands on a barge marked "B 911" being towed by a tugboat, while a Coast Guard member in a red vest watches from a nearby boat.

Collection

USCG Released photos, Hurricane Katrina

NEW ORLEANS, La. (Sept. 1, 2005) -- A Coast Guard Guard member looks on as a tug and barge brings approximately one thousand New Orleans residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina to a safe haven near the Algiers Point ferry terminal Sept. 1, 2005. USCG photo by PA2 Bobby Nash. 050901-C-8227N-002

Citation

“Evacuation by Barge,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2410.