Navy Current Activity Photos

The fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) during a refueling at sea

 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65)

When I saw this picture it brought back the memories of the USS Valley Forge CVA 49 trying to refuel one of our destroyer escorts during high seas off of the Azores.  The fuel lines that you see above were snapped like they were spaghetti.  The destroyer finally had to go into the Azores to refuel. 

ARABIAN SEA (April 17, 2011) The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) conducts a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler 

USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187).

The scene above indicates that at least they had relatively calm seas for the replenishment operation, those were the good times.  It's hard to always pick the calm seas for replenishment - when you need replenishment you don't have the option of perfect conditions.

YOKOSUKA, Japan (April 20, 2011) The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) 

returns to Fleet Activities Yokosuka after an underway period

 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 14, 2011) The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) 

This is the view we would get when returning from liberty, back to our anchored carrier.  I was always amazed at how gigantic this view made the carrier appear.  The Valley Forge in comparison to today's carriers, like the USS Ronald Reagan show above, still looked huge from this vantage point.

(April 11, 2011) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Jameka Davis, from Cincinnati, displays the gross weight of an F/A-18F Super Hornet aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)

Now isn't that interesting, I wonder how the F/A-18F Super Hornet was weighed - it appears that it could be a portable scale of some kind, and the displayed 43,000 evidently was being shown to someone in the control tower area.

PACIFIC OCEAN (April 10, 2011) The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and ships from the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group

Now you have to admit - the picture above is downright beautiful - the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group in formation, cruising through beautiful waters. 


Have a great Easter!