Shenandoah (AD 44) - Naval Cruise Book

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I5 can REPLENISHINC BY HELICOPTER There are several ways to receive stores while at sea. Vertical Replen- ishment is the most desirable means. Helicopters are used in VERTREPS. Cargo hangs from underneath the helo and is dropped on the flight deck. During Med-91 approximately 600 pallets were delivered by VERTREP. IN addition to VERTREP the flight deck was extremely busy with helo operations. Over 230 successful landings were performed. Helicopter evolutions varied from transferring fly away teams and needed parts to other ships, to delivering medical and dental patients to Shenandoah for treatment. 159

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'S lf' N J T Quia a REPLENISHINC BY SHIP When a ship is underway and supplies are needed, but no helicopter support is available, Connected Re- plenishment is an alternative to receiving the goods. CONREP is the receiving or sending of pallets while two ships are along-side. Shenandoah was the first ship to send stores by CONREP to USNS Leroy Grum- man while in the Red Sea, using the Modified House Fall method of transporting. During this seven hour evolution 185 pallets of goods were transported. Another steaming evolution is Underway Replen- ishment. UNREP is the along-side means of delivering or taking on fuel. Shenandoah received over one mil- lion gallons of fuel during various UNREP evolutions. 'Lf