Aircraft Carrier USS Harry S. Truman Replenishment-At-Sea 

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

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.

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

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.

Perfect station keeping. There was no relative movement between two very large and very heavy ships. Very hard to do so well.Congrats.

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.....

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

This brings back memories 🤣🤣. Long days but good times. USS Seattle AOE-3.

"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

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.

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.

I miss those long days... I was stationed aboard the USS Concord AFS5 85-90 USS Prairie AD15 90-93 RP3 (SW) Haber

First video I’ve seen from the island and inside the helm. American Carriers rule the seas 💪

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.

My son is on the Truman.

I served aboard the USS MARS AFS1 1986-1990...They called us the floating 7-11!...memories!

Memories of my time on USS America CV 66, an interesting time.

Remember doing that on a frigate in a raging typhoon in middle of Pacific! Good old days!

Beautiful. USS KANSAS CITY (AOR-3), 1982-1983

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!! 🇺🇲✌️👍

absolute superiority

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.

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!)

Skate City. UNREP back in the day was, well, vigorous.

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?

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.

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.

I was helmsman many a time during RAS.

FANTASTIC US ARMY !!!!!!!!!!!!

I had enough my time mostly manual all hands day & night it's a hard work during Vietnam war.its a memories...

Awesome!! Great job! Congrats.

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?

This is the kind of work I did while I was in the Navy in the Mediterranean and the

Truman 2001-2006 spent my fair share on those working parties. Long days.

Awh the good ol’ days…

The on board life/food should be more pleasants than in WW2, i guess.

Amazing!

Gooooooood morning Captain Officers and CREW…

We never learn too many people on the bridge.

Four point RAS and a Vertrep... serious replenishment.... wonder how long this one took start to end...

The business with sliding cargo from one ship to another using ropes looks like something straight out of the Age of Sail

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

Love to see this 😊😊

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 remember these days.....a VERTREP along with Replenishment onboard USS MOUNT VERNON (PYRO AE-24)

****** Very Nice Video Thank you from a "Destroyer Sailor USS Pritchett DD-561 :-) ****

Amazing what could be pilfered during vertreps if you were in the right division. V-1 ran the elevators.

Are those large hangar bays able to close in case of inclement weather conditions?

where are those hi-tech instruments? load those commodities via bluetooth....XD;-)

86 to 90 R.L.PAGE AND T.C.Hart i remember humping all those boxes dam

How long do they they stay rigged for Unrep ??? How long does it take to complete the transfer of supplies???

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.

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

Skillful helicopter pilots

Why at such a crucial time is a crew member on the bridge with a coffee in his hand..??

Why are they moving? Can't they do it while on halt? and how long is this? Until it's finish?..,

Why do some of the supplies go by the helos and some by block and tackle?

USS CAMDEN (AOE-2) Pachyderm of the Pacific

I have a very technical question. Which ship is playing the music?

Why are there so many people in the wheel house? That seems like a hazard to the safe navigation of the vessel.

I can see that the ships' course and speed are matched very closely- is that done by humans, or is it automated?

I'd like to know about how long does this transfer go on? Is this an all day action or just a few hours?

USS Coral Sea. That is not one of the things that I miss.

"let me drive da boat"

We never had an electric winch on a Destroyer..........all muscle !!!

Right Full Rudder,Shift ur Rudder,Rudder Midships i Sir

I wonder how those supply cables are disconnected from the carrier?

It would suck to see one of those pallets drop into the ocean...

How often do they replenish at sea during a tour?

At 0:18, is he popping his knuckles ?

Unreps!!!... MIDWAY, Ranger.

Navy has great food.

HOw fast are those ships sailing?

This is when Deck Dept shines.......then the rest .of yall

ironically, this is why Britain didnt bother making a nuclear carrier. you gotta do this anyway, so may aswell refuel at the same time

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?

We didn't have to flex that hard.

waaw waa waxa cajiib ah adunida waxa ka jiirta

Anyone know how many pounds of Jet fuel was transferred to the carrier?

That's a lot of Fruit Loops and Coco Puffs .

so no one shaves anymore?

Arctic rules

Muster the working parties

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

GO ARMY

Break away from unrep. Drag race. CVN-65 Enterprise would always win. 280,000 shaft hp with rooster tails.

Chips ahoy!!!

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

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.

The supply ship looks undefended tell im wrong

Your federal tax dollars at work.