US Navy Ships Conduct Replenishment at Sea

US Navy Ships Conduct Replenishment at Sea

USS Bataan (LHD 5) performs a connected replenishment-at-sea alongside fleet replenishment oiler USNS Laramie (T-AO 203) while underway.

Credits: U.S. Navy videos by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth D. Rodgers, Petty Officer 3rd Class Raymond J. Minami, Petty Officer 3rd Class Caleb Strong

Thumbnail Credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan

Derivative works: Military Archive

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31 thoughts on “US Navy Ships Conduct Replenishment at Sea

  1. I spent a lot of time hooked up to replenishment ships. It’s of work but very rewarding. At 19, I was a refueling station captain, master helmsman and QMOW qualified.

  2. Outstanding video of replenishment to those units serving underway & forward deployed to the mission area of operations. BZ to the professional merchant mariners of Military Sealift Command delivering critical resources to the warfighter far from home. This is how the US NAVY Fleet battle force stays on station for 120+ days without seeing land. Carry on shipmates.

  3. When we were bunkering large commercial vessels it took only 3 persons.
    One at bunker station, chief engineer in ECR with 1st engineer.
    It os nothing complex or demanding, pfff.

  4. I was on the Bataan With 2/2 back in 2007 for the 26th MEU and remember doing this. Forming a giant line through the ship to manhandle stuff to where it needed to go. Fun times, I guess.

  5. My grandpa served on the uss ponchatoula AO 148 from 68-69 fueling many carriers couple destroyers one of em he told me was the kitty hawk & the enterprise. He sure loved sailing across the sea seeing dolphins whales or the views. Or docking into subic Bay or into home port of pearl harbor.

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