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USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10)
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139k | USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) - Dr. Charles Drew, an African-American physician who pioneered blood storage in the blood transfusion research field. |
Bill Gonyo | |
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96k | USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) National Steel and Shipbuilding Company cachet. | Ron Reeves | |
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312k | USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) on the builders ways at General Dynamics NASSCO, date unknown. General Dynamics NASSCO photo. |
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1270k | USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) outbound to sea to undergo sea trials, June 18, 2010 off the coast of San Diego. MSC accepted Drew - the 10th ship in the Navy's newest class of logistics ships - from its builder General Dynamics NASSCO, 14 July 2010. General Dynamics NASSCO photo. |
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254k | USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) docked at NAS North Island, 1 March
2011. Photo by Compulov (real name unknown) from the deck of the MV Lord Hornblower. |
Robert Hurst | |
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1478k | USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) returns to Naval Base San Diego. US Navy photo # 110307-N-ZC343-318 SAN DIEGO (March 7, 2011) by MCC Joe Kane. |
Lee Wahler | |
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196k | USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) underway in the Pacific Ocean, 28 August 2011.
U.S. Navy photo # 110828-N-EC099-042 by MCSA Charles D. Gaddis IV. |
Robert Hurst | |
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122k | A MH-60S Seahawk helicopter assigned to
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 (HSC 23), "Wild Cards", prepares to drop a pallet of ordnance from the aircraft carrier
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) (not shown) onto the deck of USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) during an ordnance handling
evolution, Pacific Ocean. 28 August 2011.
U.S. Navy photo # 110828-N-SB672-002 by MC2 Class Dylan McCord |
Robert Hurst | |
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136k | An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC-120 makes an approach to USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) during a vertical replenishment with the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). US Navy photo # 111001-N-TU221-037 PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 1, 2011) by MC3 Travis K. Mendoza. |
Lee Wahler | |
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535k | The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG-92)
alongside USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) during a refueling at sea.
US Navy photo # 120119-N-OY799-229 Arabain Sea (Jan. 19, 2012) and 120119-N-OY799-240. Arabian Sea. by MC3 Kenneth Abbate. |
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167k | An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC-12) transports supplies from USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), not pictured, during a replenishment at sea. Abraham Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. US Navy photo # 120412-N-JY929-007 ARABIAN SEA (April 12, 2012) by MC3 Wade T. Oberlin. |
Lee Wahler | |
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1054k | An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC-12) transports cargo from USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), not pictured, during a replenishment at sea. Abraham Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. US Navy photo # 120508-N-JN664-033 ARABIAN GULF (May 8, 2012) by MCSA Karolina A. Martinez. |
Lee Wahler | |
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171k | An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter lands aboard USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) while the ship sends fuel and supplies to
the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG-104) during a replenishment in the
Arabian Sea, 24 May 2012.
U.S. Navy photo # 120524-N-VY256-044 by PO3 Christopher S. Johnson. |
Robert Hurst | |
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880k | The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG-104), bottom, USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG-71) conduct a replenishment at sea. Sterett and Cape St. George are deployed as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. US Navy photo # 120524-N-XO959-121 ARABIAN SEA (May 24, 2012) by MC3 Amanda L. Kilpatrick. |
Ron Reeves | |
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220k | Sailors aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George
(CG-71) are on station as the cruiser waits in formation before making her approach alongside USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) for a replenishment-at-sea,
Arabian Sea. 13 June 2012.
U.S. Navy Photo # 120531-N-VY256-074 by MC3 Christopher S. Johnson. |
Robert Hurst | |
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180k | The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG-71) pulls
alongside USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) for a replenishment at sea in the Arabian Gulf, 13 June 2012.
U.S. Navy photo 120613-N-VY256-059 by MC3 Christopher S. Johnson. | Robert Hurst | |
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214k | USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) bottom left, follows the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) top left, the Military Sealift Command replenishment oiler
USNS Guadalupe (T-AO-200) and the British Royal Navy Type-45 destroyer
HMS Daring (D32), during a replenishment-at-sea in the Arabian Gulf, 12 Jube 2012.
U.S. Navy # 120606-N-SK590-099 photo by MC3 Tim D.Godbee USN. |
Robert Hurst | |
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114k | A MH-60S Seahawk helicopter assigned to
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 12 (HSC 12) "Golden Falcons" flies cargo between USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) during a replenishment at sea, Arabian Gulf, 13 June 2012.
U.S. Navy photo # 120613-N-NB694-172 by MCSN Joshua E. Walters. |
Robert Hurst | |
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184k | A MH-60S Seahawk helicopter assigned to
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 12 (HSC 12) "Golden Falcons" offloads ordnance from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) to USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10), Atlantic Ocean, 27 July 2012.
U.S. Navy photo # 120727-N-NB694-095. by MCSN Joshua E. Walters.Atlantic Ocean. 27 July 2012. |
Robert Hurst | |
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153k | The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73), right, conducts a
replenishment at sea with USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) in the Pacific Ocean, 13 August 2013.
US Navy photo # 130813-N-TP877-082 by MC2 Benjamin, K, Kittleson. |
Robert Hurst | |
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118k | USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) steams through the Philippine Sea prior to a replenishment at sea with the guided missile cruiser
USS Antietam (CG-54), not pictured, 13 or 15 August 2013.
U.S. Navy photo # 130815-N-TG831-126 by MC3 Declan Barnes. |
Robert Hurst | |
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100k | USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) prepares for an underway replenishment with
USS Antietam (CG-54), not pictured, 13 or 15 August 2013.
U.S. Navy photo # 130813-N-TX154-119 by MC3 Paul Kelly. | Robert Hurst | |
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354k | USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) transits alongside the aircraft carrier USS
George Washington (CVN-73) during a replenishment-at-sea. George Washington and her embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5), provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interest of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. US Navy photo # 131124-N-IP531-106 PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 23, 2013) by MCSN Chris Cavagnaro. |
Ron Reeves | |
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141k | USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10), delivers fuel to the forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer
USS Mustin (DDG-89), (not shown) during a replenishment-at-sea.
U.S. Navy photo # 131124-N-CG241-068 by by MC3 Mackenzie P. Adams. | Robert Hurst | |
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124k | USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10), left, conducts a replenishment at sea with fast combat support ship
USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7).
U.S. Navy photo # 141106-N-OV358-169. by MC1 Peter D. Blair. |
Robert Hurst | |
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190k | USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) transits the Arabian Gulf, 20 November 2014, to deliver fuel and cargo to the dock landing ship
USS Comstock (LSD-45) (not shown).
U.S. Navy photo # 141120-N-CU914-009 by MC3 Lenny LaCrosse. |
Robert Hurst | |
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146k | An AS332 Super Puma delivers cargo to the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD-8) while transiting alongside USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) during an underway replenishment. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, along with the embarked
11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU), is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. US Navy Photo # 150106-N-WY954-312 ARABIAN SEA (Jan. 6, 2015) by MC3 Robin W. Peak. |
Lee Wahler | |
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174k | An SA 330 Eurocopter Puma moves to transport cargo from USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) (center) to the amphibious assault ship
USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) (on left not visable) and amphibious dock landing ship
USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) (right) during a vertical replenishment. Iwo Jima is the flagship
for the Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and, with the embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU24), Red Sea. 23 January 2015.
U.S. Navy photo # 150123-N-QM905-027 by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Shelby M. Tucker. |
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230k | USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the aircraft carrier
USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), not pictured. US Navy photo # 150211-N-HD510-024 ARABIAN GULF (Feb. 11, 2015) by MC2 Scott Fenaroli. |
Lee Wahler | |
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185k | The guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG-105) breaks away from
USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) after completing a replenishment-at-sea, 28 January 2015, in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting "Operation Inherent
Resolve", strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, maritime security operations, and theater security cooperation efforts in the region.
U.S. Navy photo # 150128-N-KB426-229 by MC3 James Vazquez. |
Robert Hurst | |
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69k | A SA-330J Puma helicopter, from USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10), flies supplies to the guided-missile destroyer
USS Mitscher (DDG-57) (not shown) as USS Milius (DDG-69)
follows waiting her turn to receive a vertical replenishment. Arabian Gulf. 13 February 2015.
U.S. Navy photo # 150213-N-RB546 by MC2 Anthony R. Martinez. |
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922k | USNS Charles Drew T-AKE-10) conducts a vertical replenishment-at-sea with the amphibious transport dock ship
USS New York (LPD-21), not pictured. New York is part of the
Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU),
is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
US Navy photo # 150406-N-XG464-232 GULF OF ADEN (April 6, 2015) by MC3 Johnathan B. Trejo. |
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35k | The guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG-59)
conducts a replenishment at sea with USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10).
US Navy photo # 160310-N-EF447-142 SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 10, 2016) by MCC Ja'lon A. Rhinehart. |
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313k | The guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) prepares to come alongside USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10)
to conduct a replenishment-at-sea. Providing a ready force supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific, Mobile Bay is operating as part of
the John C. Stennis Strike Group and Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment.
US Navy photo # 160429-N-EH218-127 SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 29, 2016) by MC2 Ryan J. Batchelder. |
Lee Wahler | |
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236k | An MH-60S Seahawk, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 takes off from the flight
deck of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) in transit to USNS
Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) during a replenishment at sea (RAS), Pacific Ocean, 31 August 2016.
U.S. Navy photo # 160831-N-WF272-154 by MC2 Diana Quinlan. |
Robert Hurst | |
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165k | An MH-60S Sea Hawk, assigned to the "Island Knights" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron
(HSC) 25, transfers stores to the flight deck of the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier,
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), during a vertical replenishment-at-sea with USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10), 8 September 2016. The non-combatant,
civilian-crewed ship operated by MSC is part of the supply lines to Navy ships at sea, which strategically provide fuel, food, ordnance, spare parts, mail and other
supplies around the world. Ronald Reagan, the Carrier Strike Group Five (CSG 5) flagship, was on patrol in the Philippine Sea supporting security and
stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. |
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211k | USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) launches a BQM-74E target drone during Valiant Shield (VS16). VS16 is a biennial, U.S.-only,
field training exercise (FTX) with a focus on integration of joint training among U.S. forces.
US Navy photo MSC ID # 160918-N-WF272-016 PHILIPPINE SEA (18 September 3016) by MC2 Diana Quinlan. |
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298k | USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) launches a BQM-74E target drone as part of a surface-to-air-missile exercise (SAMEX) during
Valiant Shield 2016, in the Philippine Sea, 19 September 2016.
US Navy photo MSC ID # 160919-N-XQ474-083 PHILIPPINE SEA (19 September 3016) by MC2 Andrew Schneider. |
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252k | Two sailors attach cargo pendants to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Island Knights of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron
(HSC)-25 on the flight deck of the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), during a vertical
replenishment-at-sea with USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10).
US Navy photo MSC ID # 160923-N-OI810-367 PHILIPPINE SEA (26 September 3016) by MC3 Nathan Burke. |
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154k | The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), left, pulls away
from USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10), center,
and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG-62), right, during a
replenishment-at-sea in the Philippines Sea. 25 October 2016.
U.S. Navy photo # 161025-N-UF697-057 by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin V. Cunningham. |
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163k | USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) steams alongside the aircraft carrier
USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) to during a vertical underway replenishment-at-sea as ABE3 Dan Triplett monitors a catapult on the flight deck. The Carl Vinson
Carrier Strike Group is on a western Pacific deployment as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of U.S. 3rd Fleet.
US Navy photo # 170203-N-BL637-084 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 3, 2017) by MC2 Sean M. Castellano. |
Lee Wahler | |
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213k | The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) participates in a dual
replenishment-at-sea with USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10), left, and the fleet replenishment oiler USNS
Pecos (T-AO-197), Pacific Ocean, 3 February 2017.
U.S. Navy photo # 170203-N-HD638-67 by MC3 Matt Brown |
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242k | USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) participates in a replenishment-at-sea with the Black Knights of
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4 and the aircraft carrier
USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70). The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is on a western Pacific
deployment as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of U.S. 3rd Fleet. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups
have patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific regularly and routinely for more than 70 years..
US Navy photo #'s 170203-N-BL637-084 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 3, 2017) by MC3 Matt Brown and 170203-N-BL637-068 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 3, 2017):by MC2 Sean M. Castellano. |
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226k | USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) steams alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) in preparation
for a replenishment-at-sea, 3 November 2018. John C. Stennis is under way conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations
US Navy photo # 181103-N-HS117-0155 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 3, 2018) by MCSN Jeffery L. Southerland. |
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258k | GMSN Cody Patterson fires a shot line from the guided-missile destroyer
USS Halsey (DDG-97) as USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) draws alongside Halsey to conduct an underway replenishment at sea. Halsey is underway conducting training operations.
US Navy photo # 191104-N-LI768-1196 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 4, 2019) by MC2 Devin M. Langer. |
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161k | The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser
USS Princeton (CG-59) steams alongside USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) during a replenishment-at-sea. Princeton is part of the
Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and is deployed conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts.
US Navy photo # 200609-N-NC885-1174 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 9, 2020) by MCSA Drace Wilson. |
Lee Wahler | |
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224k | USS Comstock (LSD-45), right, and USNS Charles Drew
(T-AKE-10) steam in formation in support of Valiant Shield 2020. Valiant Shield is a U.S. only, biennial field training exercise (FTX) with
a focus on integration of joint training in a blue-water environment among U.S. forces. This training enables real-world proficiency in sustaining joint forces through
detecting, locating, tracking and engaging units at sea, in the air, on land and in cyberspace in response to a range of mission areas.
200925-N-DL524-1030 PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 25, 2020) by MC3 Erica Bechard |
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287k | The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force supply ship JS Towada and USNS Charles Drew
(T-AKE-10) during the Japan-U.S. joint exercise (ILEX21-1), on 26 February 2021.
This work is licensed under the Government of Japan Standard Terms of Use (Ver.2.0). The Terms of Use are compatible with the Commons Attribution License 4.0 International |
Robert Hurst | |
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167k | A Super Puma helicopter takes off from USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) during a replenishment-at-sea with the amphibious assault ship
USS Makin Island (LHD-8) (not shown) in the South China Sea. 14 December 2022
U.S. Navy photo # 221204-N-VS068-1503 MC3 Class Kendra Helmbrecht. |
Robert Hurst | |
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266k | An EC-225 Super Puma helicopter delivers supplies from USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10), to the flight deck of the U.S. Navy’s only
forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), during a replenishment-at-sea and fueling-at-sea
with USNS Rappahannock (T-AO-204) (not shown), in the Philippine Sea, 13.June 2024.
U.S. Navy photo # 240813-N-AT887-1270 by MCSN Kevin Steffanson. |
Robert Hurst | |
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