Been there, done that- many years ago, and it was ammo not oil and the carriers were Independence, Hancock and Ranger, As a QM, I loved steering for unreps. USS Rainier AE-5 1968-70
My uncle did this on the Sacramento and Carl Vinson. He told us once of this guy that got injured one time. The guy wasn't paying attention when the ropes were released after the transfer and my uncle said it whipped the guy right across the face. I don't remember what happened afterwards though, it was a long time ago.
I was aboard several Naval Ships as a Marine with Helicopter Squadrons. I remember watching these evolution of refueling and CH-46's hauling pallets of supplies. There was a female Helicopter pilot who was the best. Many of us would come out and watch her precision of dropping her pallets perfectly every time. USS Raleigh, Desert Storm 90-91.
I rode the USS Hancock (cv-19) on her last Westpac in '75. We had an emergency breakaway, that was exciting. There were broken cable flying about amazingly nobody was seriously injured.
On board USS Seattle AOE 3 85-89 AFT Steering watch everytime while underway replenishment. Much respect for those up on deck. Long Days is an understatement!
I did alot of unreps with USS caloosahatcheeao-98, USS Detroit A04, USS Kalamazoo Aor-6,USS ArcticAOE-8,great times on all 4 oilers fm 71-73,81-97.miss those days
"Red White Red (lights for restricted maneuverability) ......never go to bed; Work all day..........refuel all night!" USS Suribachi AE-21 and USS Jonas Ingram DD- 938. 1981-1985 DD
Pretty cool. I was a Marine on an LST and an LHA and we always got tagged for working parties to help with "UNREP" (underway replenishment). Suffice it that some of the supplies ended in the Marine berthing areas! Semper Fi.
Uss caliente(ao- 53) 60-61. Unrep carrier with oil, jp4 and av gas took 4 hours. Destroyers about 2 hours. We had 4 5 inch pop guns . We were surrounded by the carrier, a cruiser and several destroyers. They took care of us.
It amazes me that to large ships in close proximity to each other. If the two ships come any closer than 150 ft apart, they suction will pull both ships together and will not be able to stop it. Tha fact that this looks so routine is a tribute to their training. Definitely, bring their " A " game.
@Brian Baff The hydrodynamics of two ships running close together cause a suction between them. This is known as the venturi effect. When a fluid flows into a narrower channel, its speed increases. As a result, the pressure will drop in a rapidly-moving fluid creating a suction. So yes it will create suction. Bernoulli’s principle
Very few people understand how delicate of a ship handling exercise this actually is. These incredibly skilled ship handlers make it look routine when it is anything but routine.
freaking incredible to watch. the helo pilots have it the hardest, they in seconds go from flying a lightly loaded helo to one with another ton in seconds.
It may be okay and safe today as I have been retired for over twenty years. What struck me about this great video are the number of people on the bridge. Only authorized detail personnel were allowed. Again, it may be the norm now and our way "was not better", I just saw all the people and went, wow.
SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE. USN 1986-1990/ USS NIAGARA FALLS AFS-3/ USS KANSAS CITY AOR-3. STATIONED IN GUAM TWO YEARS. TWO PERSIAN GULF TOURS. GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND BE SAFE!! 🇺🇲✌️👍
30 years, 6 point 8 on the counter of my life - always amazed at what I witnessed. . .waiting for the Lamp to be relit'. . .;o). (edit for my black-shoe brethen, understand your scorn {measly 6 8} but I was an Airedale\Air Wing. . .embark - Cheers brothers and sisters!)
@@kevinyaucheekin1319 we left hong Kong and heading to Hawaii. We got in the middle of a typhoon and couldn't get out of it for 7 days. USS Reid was my ship and another FFG We were running out of fuel so had to do a refueling at sea. The black ball that is hoisted up showing refueling broke and crashed on one of our cooks and cracked his skull! It was an insane event. We had foot prints 5 ft up on the walls from the ship swaying over. 1/2 crew was puking and sea sick Was 1988/1989 USS Reid west pac to the Persian gulf Pics in cruise album, probably online! Love every minute of it!
I was always amazed to see sling loads of major ordnance going across like this, and also by CH-46 in VERTREP. Let’s see if I can do this: Standard Tension Replenishment Alongside Method. STREAM. Right?
Imagine being a sailor during the Age of Exploration or the height of the Age of Sail and seeing something like this. Especially ships that are nuclear powered with an unlimited range rather then just depending on the wind, or ones that can carry aircraft and be resupplied like this which may be risky yet is routine and would properly tower over your ship or completely dwarf it in terms of length. Or seeing a nuclear submarine surface or dive along with a surface ship that uses missiles as opposed to just guns and all of the fancy electronics for safe navigation. And connect all of that with refrigeration for better food storage and a proper dining area for eating, more advanced medical care complete with the need for instruments that have to be cleaner than clean before they can be used, air conditioning for hot weather and heating for cold, watertight compartments with large bulky hatches that can seal of a compartment that has been compromised coupled with modern fire fighting and repair equipment in case of damage and more powerful automatic pumps in case of flooding, along with a bunk as opposed to just a hammock. I believe a lot of them would be unable to recognize what the navy has become. It would be an awesome sight to see.
Most unreps were for US Mail, Movies 16mm, GeeDunk...Soda and snack food, and fuel for NON Reactor ships. That's the old days.......in the before time....
kostman23 The United States has gone over the edge...children are now asked to pick which sex they prefer to be...instead of learning to be who they are at birth. I guess some people wanted a girl...got a son ...and pushed him to be the daughter they never had. Who knows. I grew up and there were men, women, Gays, and cross dressers. Now...there is to much to keep up with. I am glad that I am to old to care what people do. But it is hard to wrap my head around the thought of a thousand men in skirts and high heals running across a battle field. I guess the enemy will be so busy laughing they will forget to fire there weapons. But this is the new America. There was a show on TV called MASH. An Army Private named Klinger was always wearing women’s cloths trying to be thrown out of the military and sent home. It was funny. But now... When I was in...we saluted and said Sir or Mam. What the hell do you say when you have to salute a man in a dress? Good luck to the new American military...your going to need it.
I've seen ship to ship replenishment but how does a submarine get replenished? Do they have to dock to get supplies or is there a system similar to this?
Good times, I was on the Seattle (AOE3), we did that all the time. Can't even remember how many times a fuel hose ruptured and everyone on the port side took a bath in JP5 or DFM.
Glen Stevens Seemed like every time the Coral Sea was alongside They never could keep it straight Hoses ended up in the water on multiple occasions Med cruise ‘87 - ‘88
@@engineclinic no we could unrep both sides, most of the time we would have the carrier on the port side, and small boys lined up for the starboard side.
English isn't my first language. I was watching a documentary when I heard that carrier's name for the first time I thought the narrator said: the USS HAIRY ASS TRUMAN😂 No offense.
There must be a steady stream of supply ships coming and going to keep the fleets supplied that are in the Med, the Persian Gulf, etc. The logistics must be mind boggling. Anyone know how many are either coming or going?
I did five Med cruises on a supply ship. Typically, there was us (dry stores and food) an ammo ship and an Oiler (refueling) in the Med resupplying an entire carrier task force and the gator freighters. Our cruises lasted 86 days with 14 of those days taken up for transiting the Atlantic and we would resupply every U.S. ship in the Med and a few North African embassies twice in that time period as well as the occasional NATO non-U.S. ship. The longest we would ever stay out at sea was maybe three weeks. We would return to port to stock back up on fresh fruits and veggies and refuel then head back out. Port stops would last no more than 24 hours, usually. Supply ships hold a tremendous amount of stores. It's my understanding that Military Sealift Command has consolidated those three jobs into one ship. I don't know how many stores that ship holds, but it's about twice the size of the ship I was on.
I was on throttles on LKA -117 loss of steering control on supply ship alarm, all the bridge requested was a 2 RPM change , talk about an adrenaline flush
Takes all day to finish as for still moving while doing. I believe it has something to do with keeping the ships from drifting into each other and the lines becoming to slack
Was sad to see the navy(MSC) decommission USNS Bridge(AOE-10,USNSRainer(AOE-7)I was still in the navy and aboard USS ArcticAOE-8 these AOE's we're super oilers sad again 2 c AOE-7,10 gone
The receiving ship always plays the music. I was stationed on a supply ship and one time we were UNREPing a Spruance class DD and they had a live band set up on their signal bridge and playing for us the whole two or three hours of resupply. Also, the receiving ship sends a gift back to the supply ship after the last pallet is delivered. Usually it's some kind of baked good like cookies or brownies for the whole crew. We UNREPed an Australian ship once and they sent over a half pallet of Fosters. We used that on our 'Beer on the Pier' party.
It's an all day affair typically. Your bringing on food and supplies for 6,000 men and women as well as fuel and munitions for nearly 100 aircraft. So needless to say it is a long day at work for the ships crew
For the supply ship it can last quite a long time. Carrier gets served the longest, most other ships take turns on the other side while the carrier is there. Once the carrier gets done, both sides available for the remainder of the ships Carrier typically has to come alongside more often, just because all of those planes really suck down some fuel
My ship The USS Ingersoll (dd-990) was being unrepped alongside the USS America . That is an awesome picture I have of that. 26 years ago since I have been out.
Big ole pelican hook. once the hoses are hauled back it is disconnected and if done right there is a line attached that they let out as the cable is wound back to the supply ship. Which as a matter of fact I was stationed on when it was brand new.
I've never understood why aircraft based on a nuclear carrier can"t run on hydrogen? If that is feasible then you would have infinite fuel for it's aircraft wouldn't it?
@@MrFFFTTTT how much bigger would the aircraft need to be for the square cube law to make it feasible and would that size hender stealth and at that size would leakage be an issue as it's very easy for hydrogen to escape?
Last heard. Most fuel went to other ships. Diesel Fuel Marine. Carrier in the middle and a NON Reactor ship on the other side. WE once UNREPED 4 ships across. Fuel, movies, 20mm ammo, CHAFF, and a couple missiles.....
I was in from 96 to 2000 amd was in Deck Dept on the USS John C. Stennis CVN-74 and this was our specialty. A carrier has a capacity of roughly 3.2 millions gallons of JP5 jet fuel. We very rarely ever let it get below 50%, so we would normally take aboard 1 to 1.5 million gallons on each unrep. It would take about an hour or a little more to fuel up. On the carriers there are 3 receiving stations for fuel and as you could see in the video theres 2 hoses per rig for a total of 6 hoses. Each hose can have 3000 gallons per min pumped thru it for a total of 18,000 gallons a min. Its alot of work, but it was also so cool and fun to be apart of. Oh, we also could send fuel to our escort ships if a supply ship wasnt available and we had 2 sending stations with one hose apiece.
Negative. I ran a 125 man division on the AMERICA. Everyone worked 16-18 hours a day while underway. Never enough manpower to keep up with everything. Cheers.
Used to not be. I was a plankowner when it was the USS Arctic and was US Navy sailors only. At that time we had Missiles and gun systems. Was handed over to become USNS and all armament was removed.
campingjack75 I am a USS Arctic plank owner as well. We had the sea sparrow, ciws and 50 cal mounts. I didn’t see to many unreps as I was always stuck in the jp5 pump room.
Back when I was in. If you weren’t doing work you were in the uniform of the day. Looks like a bunch of mechanics on the bridge, not professional looking at all. That’s coming from a BTFN. We had to change uniforms to go and eat on the mess deck.
Absolute percesion.Son,your birthday card will be arriving soon.So proud of you all onboard the USS Harry S.Truman.Love you son
I did drive the boat! The helm was my battle station. I manned the helm on the USS Seattle. AOE-3. Best job in the Navy
Been there, done that- many years ago, and it was ammo not oil and the carriers were Independence, Hancock and Ranger, As a QM, I loved steering for unreps. USS Rainier AE-5 1968-70
My uncle did this on the Sacramento and Carl Vinson. He told us once of this guy that got injured one time. The guy wasn't paying attention when the ropes were released after the transfer and my uncle said it whipped the guy right across the face. I don't remember what happened afterwards though, it was a long time ago.
I was aboard several Naval Ships as a Marine with Helicopter Squadrons. I remember watching these evolution of refueling and CH-46's hauling pallets of supplies. There was a female Helicopter pilot who was the best. Many of us would come out and watch her precision of dropping her pallets perfectly every time. USS Raleigh, Desert Storm 90-91.
The 1MC still rings in my ears with 5 blast of the ship's horn and "EMERGENGY BREAK-AWAY EMERGENCY BREAK-AWAY" This is a drill.....
This is what 80 years of practice gets you; efficiency.
The Americans and British, the Canadians and Australians do this better than anyone.
I rode the USS Hancock (cv-19) on her last Westpac in '75. We had an emergency breakaway, that was exciting. There were broken cable flying about amazingly nobody was seriously injured.
Did that include the evac by helo when Saigon fell??
Perfect station keeping. There was no relative movement between two very large and very heavy ships. Very hard to do so well.Congrats.
Maybe both ships agreed on same course and engage tha steering gear to autopilot.
This brings back memories 🤣🤣. Long days but good times. USS Seattle AOE-3.
@Justin credible i can probably age both of you. TRUCKEE AO-147 from 1972 - 1975. Talk about an old work horse.
@Justin credible Qm2 Dowell master helmsman did many of the on the fighting tiger
I was on the Seattle in '82... Weps Div.. That was a long time ago. But those memories are forever.
On board USS Seattle AOE 3 85-89 AFT Steering watch everytime while underway replenishment. Much respect for those up on deck. Long Days is an understatement!
For the first four years of my Navy life, I lived to conduct underway replenishment at sea as a deck seaman, 1st Division onboard the USS PYRO AE-24.
USS NIAGARA FALLS AFS-3/ DECK DIVISION, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. 🇺🇲✌️👍
I did alot of unreps with USS caloosahatcheeao-98, USS Detroit A04, USS Kalamazoo Aor-6,USS ArcticAOE-8,great times on all 4 oilers fm 71-73,81-97.miss those days
"Red White Red (lights for restricted maneuverability) ......never go to bed; Work all day..........refuel all night!" USS Suribachi AE-21 and USS Jonas Ingram DD- 938. 1981-1985 DD
Nice! I was on AE-24.
Boatswains mate 3rd on the Dwight D Eisenhower, I remember unloading munitions to the Suribachi on our way to dry dock, must have been 89 or 90.
Pretty cool. I was a Marine on an LST and an LHA and we always got tagged for working parties to help with "UNREP" (underway replenishment). Suffice it that some of the supplies ended in the Marine berthing areas! Semper Fi.
Uss caliente(ao- 53) 60-61. Unrep carrier with oil, jp4 and av gas took 4 hours. Destroyers about 2 hours. We had 4 5 inch pop guns . We were surrounded by the carrier, a cruiser and several destroyers. They took care of us.
It amazes me that to large ships in close proximity to each other. If the two ships come any closer than 150 ft apart, they suction will pull both ships together and will not be able to stop it. Tha fact that this looks so routine is a tribute to their training. Definitely, bring their " A " game.
Never heard that one. Could be in a major storm.....
@Brian Baff The hydrodynamics of two ships running close together cause a suction between them. This is known as the venturi effect. When a fluid flows into a narrower channel, its speed increases. As a result, the pressure will drop in a rapidly-moving fluid creating a suction. So yes it will create suction. Bernoulli’s principle
Very few people understand how delicate of a ship handling exercise this actually is. These incredibly skilled ship handlers make it look routine when it is anything but routine.
freaking incredible to watch. the helo pilots have it the hardest, they in seconds go from flying a lightly loaded helo to one with another ton in seconds.
First video I’ve seen from the island and inside the helm. American Carriers rule the seas 💪
I miss those long days...
I was stationed aboard the
USS Concord AFS5
85-90
USS Prairie AD15 90-93
RP3 (SW) Haber
USS NIAGARA FALLS AFS-3 / 1987-1989. 🇺🇲✌️👍
I was looking for footage of the guideline being shot between the vessels, but had to stay for the sikorsky pilots ferrying supplies. Adorable!
Done this many times when we(2bn 26 Marines BLT 1968-1970) aboard the USS Valley Forge, USS New Orleans, USS Tulare, USS Paul Revere, and USS Alamo.
It may be okay and safe today as I have been retired for over twenty years. What struck me about this great video are the number of people on the bridge. Only authorized detail personnel were allowed. Again, it may be the norm now and our way "was not better", I just saw all the people and went, wow.
I served aboard the USS MARS AFS1 1986-1990...They called us the floating 7-11!...memories!
SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE. USN 1986-1990/ USS NIAGARA FALLS AFS-3/ USS KANSAS CITY AOR-3. STATIONED IN GUAM TWO YEARS. TWO PERSIAN GULF TOURS. GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND BE SAFE!! 🇺🇲✌️👍
My son is on the Truman.
Joe Reyna so is our Navy friends' son. GOD BLESS YOUR SON, MR REYNA. -- USCG mom
Who gives a shit
@@blackiechong4344 Most proud Americans do.
My son is in prison for selling meth.
30 years, 6 point 8 on the counter of my life - always amazed at what I witnessed. . .waiting for the Lamp to be relit'. . .;o). (edit for my black-shoe brethen, understand your scorn {measly 6 8} but I was an Airedale\Air Wing. . .embark - Cheers brothers and sisters!)
absolute superiority
Memories of my time on USS America CV 66, an interesting time.
Decommed AMERICA in 1996. Best ship in the fleet. Cheers.
Beautiful. USS KANSAS CITY (AOR-3), 1982-1983
WITCHITA SHE ROCKED , MORE BATTLE "E" THAN ANY AOR-1
Remember doing that on a frigate in a raging typhoon in middle of Pacific! Good old days!
Is that really possible in sea state 7 especially in a small arsed light under 6000 ton class ship like a frigrate with poorish sea keeping.
@@kevinyaucheekin1319 we left hong Kong and heading to Hawaii. We got in the middle of a typhoon and couldn't get out of it for 7 days. USS Reid was my ship and another FFG
We were running out of fuel so had to do a refueling at sea. The black ball that is hoisted up showing refueling broke and crashed on one of our cooks and cracked his skull! It was an insane event. We had foot prints 5 ft up on the walls from the ship swaying over. 1/2 crew was puking and sea sick
Was 1988/1989 USS Reid west pac to the Persian gulf
Pics in cruise album, probably online!
Love every minute of it!
I was always amazed to see sling loads of major ordnance going across like this, and also by CH-46 in VERTREP. Let’s see if I can do this: Standard Tension Replenishment Alongside Method. STREAM. Right?
Imagine being a sailor during the Age of Exploration or the height of the Age of Sail and seeing something like this. Especially ships that are nuclear powered with an unlimited range rather then just depending on the wind, or ones that can carry aircraft and be resupplied like this which may be risky yet is routine and would properly tower over your ship or completely dwarf it in terms of length. Or seeing a nuclear submarine surface or dive along with a surface ship that uses missiles as opposed to just guns and all of the fancy electronics for safe navigation.
And connect all of that with refrigeration for better food storage and a proper dining area for eating, more advanced medical care complete with the need for instruments that have to be cleaner than clean before they can be used, air conditioning for hot weather and heating for cold, watertight compartments with large bulky hatches that can seal of a compartment that has been compromised coupled with modern fire fighting and repair equipment in case of damage and more powerful automatic pumps in case of flooding, along with a bunk as opposed to just a hammock. I believe a lot of them would be unable to recognize what the navy has become. It would be an awesome sight to see.
Most unreps were for US Mail, Movies 16mm, GeeDunk...Soda and snack food, and fuel for NON Reactor ships.
That's the old days.......in the before time....
Oh, in the before times. It was every other night. At 0200 hrs....All hands on deck for the soda run.....
Independence...Kennedy....and 3 tours on Saratoga. I miss those sounds now...there were no women on those ships in my day. How did I get this old?
Your lucky, now a days some of the men are turning into women.
kostman23 The United States has gone over the edge...children are now asked to pick which sex they prefer to be...instead of learning to be who they are at birth. I guess some people wanted a girl...got a son ...and pushed him to be the daughter they never had. Who knows. I grew up and there were men, women, Gays, and cross dressers. Now...there is to much to keep up with. I am glad that I am to old to care what people do. But it is hard to wrap my head around the thought of a thousand men in skirts and high heals running across a battle field. I guess the enemy will be so busy laughing they will forget to fire there weapons. But this is the new America. There was a show on TV called MASH. An Army Private named Klinger was always wearing women’s cloths trying to be thrown out of the military and sent home. It was funny. But now... When I was in...we saluted and said Sir or Mam. What the hell do you say when you have to salute a man in a dress? Good luck to the new American military...your going to need it.
Time eventually catches all of us.
@@ravenopenheart2649 k boomer
@@kostman23 learn to spell boomer
FANTASTIC US ARMY !!!!!!!!!!!!
Skate City. UNREP back in the day was, well, vigorous.
I've seen ship to ship replenishment but how does a submarine get replenished? Do they have to dock to get supplies or is there a system similar to this?
Gooooooood morning Captain Officers and CREW…
I was helmsman many a time during RAS.
Awesome!! Great job! Congrats.
Good times, I was on the Seattle (AOE3), we did that all the time. Can't even remember how many times a fuel hose ruptured and everyone on the port side took a bath in JP5 or DFM.
Glen Stevens
Seemed like every time the Coral Sea was alongside
They never could keep it straight
Hoses ended up in the water on multiple occasions
Med cruise ‘87 - ‘88
@@pmrich7035 that was my first cruise! Got onboard in Augusta Bay in '88. What an eye opener. I was in first division till I got out in 1991.
Glen Stevens
M-Div. #2 Engineroom
I got out Aug ‘88
Are you saying you could only replenish fuel from the port side?
@@engineclinic no we could unrep both sides, most of the time we would have the carrier on the port side, and small boys lined up for the starboard side.
English isn't my first language. I was watching a documentary when I heard that carrier's name for the first time I thought the narrator said:
the USS HAIRY ASS TRUMAN😂
No offense.
Hassan AlQarni it was one of our national treasures.
😆 non taken brother👍
Amazing!
I had enough my time mostly manual all hands day & night it's a hard work during Vietnam war.its a memories...
Why so many crew on ship's bridge?
****** Very Nice Video Thank you from a "Destroyer Sailor USS Pritchett DD-561 :-) ****
Truman 2001-2006 spent my fair share on those working parties. Long days.
Four point RAS and a Vertrep... serious replenishment.... wonder how long this one took start to end...
This is the kind of work I did while I was in the Navy in the Mediterranean and the
Awh the good ol’ days…
The on board life/food should be more pleasants than in WW2, i guess.
Are those large hangar bays able to close in case of inclement weather conditions?
Amazing what could be pilfered during vertreps if you were in the right division. V-1 ran the elevators.
I remember these days.....a VERTREP along with Replenishment onboard USS MOUNT VERNON (PYRO AE-24)
Yup, we called it funrepping.....every three days on a DDG.
USNS Sirius (T-AFS 8) checking in where "UNREP is Sirius business".
What years were you on pyro?
@@engineclinic From April 1981 til Dec 1984
@@engineclinic Westpac summer of 83
There must be a steady stream of supply ships coming and going to keep the fleets supplied that are in the Med, the Persian Gulf, etc. The logistics must be mind boggling. Anyone know how many are either coming or going?
I did five Med cruises on a supply ship. Typically, there was us (dry stores and food) an ammo ship and an Oiler (refueling) in the Med resupplying an entire carrier task force and the gator freighters. Our cruises lasted 86 days with 14 of those days taken up for transiting the Atlantic and we would resupply every U.S. ship in the Med and a few North African embassies twice in that time period as well as the occasional NATO non-U.S. ship. The longest we would ever stay out at sea was maybe three weeks. We would return to port to stock back up on fresh fruits and veggies and refuel then head back out. Port stops would last no more than 24 hours, usually. Supply ships hold a tremendous amount of stores.
It's my understanding that Military Sealift Command has consolidated those three jobs into one ship. I don't know how many stores that ship holds, but it's about twice the size of the ship I was on.
I was on throttles on LKA -117 loss of steering control on supply ship alarm, all the bridge requested was a 2 RPM change , talk about an adrenaline flush
How long do they they stay rigged for Unrep ??? How long does it take to complete the transfer of supplies???
Love to see this 😊😊
86 to 90 R.L.PAGE AND T.C.Hart i remember humping all those boxes dam
We never learn too many people on the bridge.
Yep. That was crowded. Would thought to see the Queen of England on the Bridge...
Meanwhile that MSC ship only has about 5 or 6 on the bridge.
The business with sliding cargo from one ship to another using ropes looks like something straight out of the Age of Sail
IT IS AMAZING. SENDING SUPPLIES AT SEA SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO PORT. AND MOVING WHILE DOING IT!🇺🇲✌️👍
where are those hi-tech instruments? load those commodities via bluetooth....XD;-)
Ariel, ....yeah, how dare reality interfere with idealistic dreams. ;-)
Why are they moving? Can't they do it while on halt? and how long is this? Until it's finish?..,
Takes all day to finish as for still moving while doing. I believe it has something to do with keeping the ships from drifting into each other and the lines becoming to slack
@@lcpltaylorusmc91 ahh! Now i know, thank you.
Was sad to see the navy(MSC) decommission USNS Bridge(AOE-10,USNSRainer(AOE-7)I was still in the navy and aboard USS ArcticAOE-8 these AOE's we're super oilers sad again 2 c AOE-7,10 gone
I have a very technical question. Which ship is playing the music?
The receiving ship - in this case the TRUMAN. Back in the 70's I was the one making it happen. Cheers.
The receiving ship always plays the music. I was stationed on a supply ship and one time we were UNREPing a Spruance class DD and they had a live band set up on their signal bridge and playing for us the whole two or three hours of resupply.
Also, the receiving ship sends a gift back to the supply ship after the last pallet is delivered. Usually it's some kind of baked good like cookies or brownies for the whole crew. We UNREPed an Australian ship once and they sent over a half pallet of Fosters. We used that on our 'Beer on the Pier' party.
Why do some of the supplies go by the helos and some by block and tackle?
Its gets supplies on board quicker.
USS CAMDEN (AOE-2) Pachyderm of the Pacific
Skillful helicopter pilots
I can see that the ships' course and speed are matched very closely- is that done by humans, or is it automated?
Master Helmsman on both ships
Why at such a crucial time is a crew member on the bridge with a coffee in his hand..??
COFFEE IS FUEL.....
I'd like to know about how long does this transfer go on? Is this an all day action or just a few hours?
It's an all day affair typically. Your bringing on food and supplies for 6,000 men and women as well as fuel and munitions for nearly 100 aircraft. So needless to say it is a long day at work for the ships crew
For the supply ship it can last quite a long time.
Carrier gets served the longest, most other ships take turns on the other side while the carrier is there.
Once the carrier gets done, both sides available for the remainder of the ships
Carrier typically has to come alongside more often, just because all of those planes really suck down some fuel
@@pmrich7035 I had no idea they could service from both sides at once. Very awesome, thank you.
Right Full Rudder,Shift ur Rudder,Rudder Midships i Sir
My ship The USS Ingersoll (dd-990) was being unrepped alongside the USS America . That is an awesome picture I have of that. 26 years ago since I have been out.
I de-commed the AMERICA. Best of the 7 ships I was stationed on.
Why are there so many people in the wheel house? That seems like a hazard to the safe navigation of the vessel.
Training!!
Still too many
We never had an electric winch on a Destroyer..........all muscle !!!
At 0:18, is he popping his knuckles ?
I wonder how those supply cables are disconnected from the carrier?
Big ole pelican hook. once the hoses are hauled back it is disconnected and if done right there is a line attached that they let out as the cable is wound back to the supply ship. Which as a matter of fact I was stationed on when it was brand new.
How often do they replenish at sea during a tour?
@Mike Cap is it weekly, every few days, or every few weeks? I know every situation is different, but I always wondered how often it is done.
@@CShivery usually several times a week with breaks in between.
waaw waa waxa cajiib ah adunida waxa ka jiirta
"let me drive da boat"
HOw fast are those ships sailing?
Fast enough to stay stable
USS Coral Sea. That is not one of the things that I miss.
yes sir...WITCHITA AOR-1
Unreps!!!... MIDWAY, Ranger.
It would suck to see one of those pallets drop into the ocean...
Navy has great food.
If the Navy has great food a GREAT deal has changed in the last 40 years.
This is when Deck Dept shines.......then the rest .of yall
I've never understood why aircraft based on a nuclear carrier can"t run on hydrogen? If that is feasible then you would have infinite fuel for it's aircraft wouldn't it?
Not enough energy density in hydrogen. You couldn't store enough hydrogen in tanks for an aircraft to fly with any endurance.
@@MrFFFTTTT how much bigger would the aircraft need to be for the square cube law to make it feasible and would that size hender stealth and at that size would leakage be an issue as it's very easy for hydrogen to escape?
Anyone know how many pounds of Jet fuel was transferred to the carrier?
Last heard. Most fuel went to other ships. Diesel Fuel Marine. Carrier in the middle and a NON Reactor ship on the other side. WE once UNREPED 4 ships across. Fuel, movies, 20mm ammo, CHAFF, and a couple missiles.....
I was in from 96 to 2000 amd was in Deck Dept on the USS John C. Stennis CVN-74 and this was our specialty. A carrier has a capacity of roughly 3.2 millions gallons of JP5 jet fuel. We very rarely ever let it get below 50%, so we would normally take aboard 1 to 1.5 million gallons on each unrep. It would take about an hour or a little more to fuel up. On the carriers there are 3 receiving stations for fuel and as you could see in the video theres 2 hoses per rig for a total of 6 hoses. Each hose can have 3000 gallons per min pumped thru it for a total of 18,000 gallons a min. Its alot of work, but it was also so cool and fun to be apart of. Oh, we also could send fuel to our escort ships if a supply ship wasnt available and we had 2 sending stations with one hose apiece.
ironically, this is why Britain didnt bother making a nuclear carrier. you gotta do this anyway, so may aswell refuel at the same time
Ethan Thomson グミ quite a bit less fuel to be transferred when you have a nuclear carrier though
@@MikeS309 true, but the time it takes to get everything else across, its hardly a factor
Ethan Thomson グミ I think not. Increasing the amount of fuel by that much would make the unrep take wayyyy longer.
Hard to get fuel across by helo.
Mike Holcomb how do you propose aviation fuel be transported then?
We didn't have to flex that hard.
My old command lmao Iknow most of the maser helmsman and I was in deck and btw this command is a career killer if you get stationed here watch yo ass
Muster the working parties
GO ARMY
so no one shaves anymore?
On what shop you referring to?
That's a lot of Fruit Loops and Coco Puffs .
Arctic rules
Break away from unrep. Drag race. CVN-65 Enterprise would always win. 280,000 shaft hp with rooster tails.
I guess when you have so many people onboard you have alot of make do jobs, make us do this make us do that and what did we do, natta
Negative. I ran a 125 man division on the AMERICA. Everyone worked 16-18 hours a day while underway. Never enough manpower to keep up with everything. Cheers.
Chips ahoy!!!
The supply ship looks undefended tell im wrong
Used to not be. I was a plankowner when it was the USS Arctic and was US Navy sailors only. At that time we had Missiles and gun systems. Was handed over to become USNS and all armament was removed.
campingjack75 I am a USS Arctic plank owner as well. We had the sea sparrow, ciws and 50 cal mounts. I didn’t see to many unreps as I was always stuck in the jp5 pump room.
Back when I was in. If you weren’t doing work you were in the uniform of the day. Looks like a bunch of mechanics on the bridge, not professional looking at all. That’s coming from a BTFN. We had to change uniforms to go and eat on the mess deck.
Replenish? It's nuclear powered no?
Yes it is nuclear powered. The fuel is for the aircrafts and various equipment onboard.
Yes. Food, water, geedunk, medical supplies, mail, uniforms, equipment, small arms ammunition, NRE''s, etc,,,,,,,,,,,,
jets need fuel and food for the men.