131201-N-VC599-027 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 1, 2013) The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201), left, and the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 58) prepare for a replenishment-at-sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Justin Wolpert/Released)
131115-N-ED185-573 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 15, 2013) The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawa (T-AO 196) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Mahan (DDG-72), transit the Atlantic Ocean before a vertical replenishment at sea. VERTREPs allow larger ships to sustain themselves at sea while deployed by moving cargo between ships via helicopter. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brian G. Reynolds/Released)
131014-N-NB538-059 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 14, 2013) The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Leroy Grumman (T-AO 195). Kearsarge is deployed as part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sabrina Fine/Released)
Three Royal Navy ships take part in a Replenishment at Sea or RAS. From left RFA Fort Austin, RFA Fort Victoria and HMS Illustrious are pictured transferring stores and fuel. Photographer: PO(Phot) Ray Jones.
Sneak peek of full article that will be in November’s Navy News.
The New Heavy Replenishment at Sea (HRAS) Rig at HMS Raleigh, currently undergoing trials with Rolls Royce.
HRAS rig. (Image Dave Sheffield/ HMS RALEIGH)
A container begins its 40-second journey across 55 metres of ‘sea’ to a mock up of the reception area on HMS Queen Elizabeth.
The facility will be used to train RFA, RN and foreign navies in the art of replenishment as well as the fundamentals of seamanship.
130926-N-TX154-581PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 26, 2013) An SH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Island Knights of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron (HSC) 25 delivers supplies to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) during an underway replenishment with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10). Preble is on patrol with the George Washington Carrier Strike Group in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Paul Kelly/Released)
130920-N-AW206-002 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Sept. 20, 2013) The guided-missile destroyers USS Gravely (DDG 107), left, and USS Barry (DDG 52), right, receive fuel from the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Leroy Grumman (T-AO 195) during a replenishment-at-sea. Gravely and Barry, homeported in Norfolk, Va., are on a scheduled deployment supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob D. Moore/Released)
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