DescriptionKatrina Bayou La Batre 2005 ship in trees.jpg	Hurricane Katrina damage in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, showing the 179-foot (55-m) cargo ship M/V Caribbean Clipper in trees along the shore of the bayou.
Date	September 12, 2005 (upload 19-March-2007)
Source	Small excerpt from large NOAA photo: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/images/katrina-bayou-la-batre-ala-2005.jpg
Author	NOAA, agency of US Federal Government
Permission (Reusing this file)	map, shaded by User:Wikid77. Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties. العربية ∙ čeština ∙ Deutsch ∙ Zazaki ∙ English ∙ español ∙ eesti ∙ suomi ∙ français ∙ hrvatski ∙ magyar ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ 한국어 ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ Plattdüütsch ∙ Nederlands ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ română ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenščina ∙ Türkçe ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ 简体中文 ∙ 繁體中文 ∙ +/−
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On August 29, 2005, the Alabama coast was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, with a local storm surge of nearly 16 feet, and higher waves, which engulfed the city of Bayou La Batre and pushed over 23 shrimp boats and the cargo ship named "Caribbean Clipper" onto shore. The captain rode out Katrina on the 179-foot cargo ship M/V Caribbean Clipper, owned by Caribbean Shipping Inc., and the ship was returned to sea, six months later, using a large crane to unload the cargo and re-float the hull.