MV Blue Marlin delivers USS Cole home DOD's top echelons review force protection USNS Pecos unreps with USS Blue Ridge Watson crew to the rescue in Diego Garcia MSC mariner is 'ambassador' to MSC's British sister service USNS Henson rescues survivors off Africa Saipan elementary students tour MV Sgt. USNS Pecos performs an underway replenishment with amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge Dec. 10 in the South China Sea. By JO1 Jim O'Donnell, USN, USS Blue Ridge Amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge, the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet command ship, conducted an underway replenishment, or unrep, with Military Sealift Command oiler USNS Pecos in the South China Sea after a four-day port visit to Hong Kong. Pecos delivered more than 198,000 gallons of fuel to the amphibious command ship during the early morning of Dec. 10.
Most Sailors agree replenishing at sea is a dangerous evolution.
The replenishing ship sets and maintains a specified course and speed, then signals the receiving ship or ships to come alongside. Then with ballet-like grace, fuel hoses, water supply hoses and supply lines are snaked across from the replenishing ship to the receiving ship. The hoses and supply lines are secured to the receiving ship and the replenishment begins. Joanne Groth, USN, was the OOD aboard Blue Ridge during the evolution. The conning officers, deck department and engineering department all did an excellent job.