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Shrimp trawlers grounded along Chef Menteur Highway, New Orleans East, November 2005

Two shrimp trawlers, "My Lynn" and another marked "Port of NO, LA," lie grounded beside a roadway, their rigging masts tangled against the sky as a pickup truck passes by.

Collection

Katrina

Shrimp trawlers grounded along Chef Menteur Highway, New Orleans East, November 2005

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Citation

“Shrimp trawlers grounded along Chef Menteur Highway, New Orleans East, November 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2491.