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Shrimp Boat Tossed Like A Toy

Rusted hull of the "S.S. Hurricane Camille" shrimp boat sits grounded in a grassy field beside a roadway, with a car side mirror visible in the foreground and a billboard in the background.

Katrina damage two years later: This shrimp boat, the ironically named "Hurricane Camille" is at least 100 feet long and likely weighs a few hundred tons. That didn't stop Katrina from picking it up and dumping it over a quarter mile inland.

Citation

“Shrimp Boat Tossed Like A Toy,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/33193.