Supply (AOE 6) Class: Photographs
| These photographs were selected to show the original configuration of this class and major subsequent modifications. For more views see the NavSource Photo Archive and for photos taken beginning in 2015 the official Navy CHINFO Photo Gallery. |
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USS Supply (AOE 6) Photographed by her builder on sea trials off the coast of Southern California near Coronado Beach on 14 December 1993. Photo No. DN-SC-94-01157 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file print), digital at NARA RG 330 |
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USS Supply (AOE 6) Photographed by her builder on sea trials off the coast of Southern California near Coronado Beach on 14 December 1993. Photo No. DN-SC-94-01156 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file print), digital at NARA RG 330 |
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USS Rainier (AOE 7) Direct stern view circa August 1994 showing the offset from the center line of the stacks and masts. Photo No. DN-SC-04-14310 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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USS Arctic (AOE 8) Photographed on 28 March 1995 by her builder during acceptance trials off San Diego. Photo No. DN-SC-95-01813 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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USS Bridge (AOE 10) Underway as a commissioned ship, date and location unknown. Photo No. Unknown Source: Shipscribe |
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USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10) Underway on 11 February 2006 as a MSC ship with USS Nimitz (CVN 68) alongside after the carrier completed a replenishment at sea off the Southern California coast in preparation for a major propulsion plant examination. Photo No. DN-SD-06-11516 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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USNS Supply (T-AOE 6) Supporting the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) carrier strike group in the Atlantic Ocean on 7 May 2006. This near bow view gives another perspective of the offset from the center line of the stacks and masts Photo No. DN-SD-07-04597 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10) Preparing on 9 December 2006 to perform a replenishment-at-sea with USS Nimitz (CVN 68, deck overhang at upper left) while Nimitz was conducting a Composite Training Unit Exercise off the Southern California coast. Photo No. DN-SD-07-27732 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) Pallets of supplies being transferred on 6 March 2007 to USS Bataan (LHD-5) during a replenishment in the Indian Ocean. Note the sliding block in action during a stores transfer on station number 6 and the fueling rigs over from stations number 2 and 8. Photo No. DM-SD-07-28941 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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USNS Supply (T-AOE 6) Conducting a vertical replenishment on 4 October 2007 with USS Enterprise (CVN-65) in the Persian Gulf. Photo No. 071004-N-7214F-031 Source: Wikimedia (USN photo) |
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USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) In the Philippine Sea on 11 June 2016 after the guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG-106) broke away from a replenishment-at-sea (wake in foreground) during a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment. Rainier was placed out of service three months later as part of a force reduction. Photo No. 160611-N-XX566-092 Source: www.navy.mil/Resources/Photo-Gallery |
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USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) Underway on May 15, 2021 during a vertical replenishment in the Arabian Sea with USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), not pictured. The force was conducting drawdown operations from Afghanistan. Photo No. 210515-N-GG032-1093 Source: www.navy.mil/Resources/Photo-Gallery |
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