Germantown (LSD 42) - Naval Cruise Book

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W-,w..... .-,,-.-.- .-----.--...Q.-.--nv--4 l Underway Replenishrnents T CAKA: 'Replenishment at Sea' or 'UNREPU T l fm- Wow, those Japanese sailors sure do keep their ship clean! They must go through a lot ofSimple Green. Commanding Officer CDR Angelino. CW02 Miller. and Executive Officer LCDR Neuenschwander fabovel forma conga line on the port bridge wing during an UNREP with a Japanese oiler in the Arabian Sea. tLeftl A team of Boatswain's Mates and Deck Seaman brings in a pallet from a cargo high line during an Underway Replenishment with USS DETROIT. They first pulled the pallet across on an UNREP RIG like the one shown below to the left. fBelow, centerl CW02 Sabella and BMC Cox standby as safety observers during an UNREP refueling operation. flt was actually an overcast day. Bos'n Sabella put his shades on to look cool for the camera.l fBelow. rightl BM2 Woodard, SN Johnson. and Blvll Brown wait as Germantown's fuel tanks are filled. Theirjob is to receive the probe, seat it in the receiver. and remove it again when the refueling operation is finished. .V l av f . I 1

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. ....., V ,-.,--. -Y ... -. -- A- ..., ...-..,..-Q. v--....-.V-.--.f Do you guys think l look like Bob the Builder in this hard hut'. ' SN Costa and his fellow line handlers are serious about safety. tliightl lson-ihci-what? PN3 Fraga talks to sailors on a Japanese oiler ox ci the bridge-to-bridge phone line during an UN REP. Here s how it works lmavmc driving in your car on 1 lonv trtp When you start to run lovt on gas a fuel truck pulls along side you You throw a line over and people on the truck tic a fucl ing hose to that line You use the line to pull the hose back over to your car so you can till up your tank without even slowing down Sounds crazy huhl That s pretty much exactly what we do during an Underway Replenishment We set a predetermined course and speed pull alongside an oiler and shoot over lines fot that ship to send us its hoses We don t change course or speed during the evolution During Gemiantown s 2003-2004 WestPac, we had the privi- lege of receiving fuel from Japanese and British oilers, as well as several US Navy and Military Sea Lift Command vessels. The American ships often also delivered supplies, food, and everyone's favorite, mail. Some deliveries came on the cargo high line. Others. called LVertical Replenishments' or 'VertReps' came by helicopter. These deliveries were very quick, and required giant working parties to get everything where it needed to go. tFlip to page 16 for VertRep photos.l UnReps and VertReps help us stay underway longer and get from place to place faster. That's a good thing for our nation's defense. Sometimes, though, we find ourselves longing for the days before all this technology. When you stop your car for gas. you also get to get out and use the toilet. We have toilets on board USS GERMANTOWN twe call them hheadsl. but we like to stop sometimes to get off the ship and walk around on land.