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 RFA Tarbatness (A-345)
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RFA Tarbatness (A-345) ships crest. |
TJ Tropea RM1 USN Ret. USNS Sirius |
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RFA Tarbatness (A-345) underway, date and location unknown. |
TJ Tropea RM1 USN Ret. USNS Sirius, courtesy RFA Association, Plymouth & District Branch, The Mortimore Gallery |
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RFA Tarbatness (A-345) underway alongside a Royal Navy destroyer, date and location unknown. |
TJ Tropea RM1 USN Ret. USNS Sirius, courtesy RFA Association, Plymouth & District Branch, The Mortimore Gallery |
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RFA Tarbatness (A-345) moored, date and location unknown. |
TJ Tropea RM1 USN Ret. USNS Sirius, courtesy RFA Association, Plymouth & District Branch, The Mortimore Gallery |
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RFA Tarbatness (A-345) underway, date and location unknown. |
TJ Tropea RM1 USN Ret. USNS Sirius, courtesy RFA Association, Plymouth & District Branch, The Mortimore Gallery |
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RFA Tarbatness (A-345) underway off Portland, Devon, England, circa 1977. Note the Westland Wessex helicopter coming into land.
Photo courtesy George Mortimore. |
Robert Hurst |
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Royal Navy warships underway heading west across the Atlantic towards Roosevelt Roads and West Palm Beach, USA., having left Gibraltar on 14 February 1977. They were taking part in the Fourth Group Deployment (Task Group 317.5) that was carried out between 25 January - 23 May 1977. Ships included: In the lead is the nuclear-powered attack submarine
HMS Churchill (S46); she is followed by the 'Leander' class frigate
HMS Ariadne (F72), with an unidentified 'Leander' class frigate* to port. They are followed by the 'Leander' class frigate
HMS Danae (F47); next in line is the fleet replenishment tanker
RFA Tidepool (A76); next is the helicopter cruiser
HMS Tiger (C20) (flagship of the Group Commander Rear Admiral Martyn Wemyss, FOF2); next is the stores support ship
RFA Tarbatness (A345); and next the Type 21 frigate
HMS Antelope(F170). They are followed by the 'Leander' class frigate
HMS Euryalus (F15) and an unidentified 'Leander' class frigate* to port. They are followed by the fleet replenishment tanker
RFA Green Rover (A268). The two unidentified 'Leander' class frigates marked with an asterisk are
HMS Aurora (F10) and
HMS Jupiter (F60), exact position of these two ships in the photo is undetermined.
Photo courtesy of Royal Navy Museum.
Photo and text from "Safeguarding the Nation: The Story of the Modern Royal Navy" by John Roberts. |
Robert Hurst |
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RFA Tarbatness (A-345) moored pierside, April 1969, location unknown.
Photo MPL. |
Robert Hurst |
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RFA Tarbatness (A-345) underway, date and location unknown.
Official Royal Navy photo. |
Robert Hurst |
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A helicopter approaches the flight deck of RFA Tarbatness (A-345), date and location unknown.
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TJ Tropea |
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RFA Tarbatness (A-345) at anchor, date and location unknown.
Photo from Flickr |
TJ Tropea |
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RFA Tarbatness (A-345) underway, date and location unknown.
Photo from Helis |
TJ Tropea |
 USNS Spica (T-AFS-9)
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Namesake
Spica is the brightest object in the constellation Virgo and one of the 20 brightest stars in the night sky. |
Tommy Trampp |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) at anchor in 1982, Spica is seen here prior to her AFS conversion.
Photo Courtesy Dan Rosenfeld USNS Spica |
T.J. Tropea RM1 USN Ret USNS Sirius |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) conducting an aerial underway replenishment during RIMPAC 82 or 83 with s Knox Class Frigate
off her port side, either
USS Francis Hammond (FF-1067), or
USS Kirk (FF-1087 and
USS Hull (DD-945) off her starboard side.
Photo taken USS Lockwood. |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) drydocked during her conversion to an AFS at Burrard-Yarrows, North Vancouver, Canada - circa April 1986.
Photos by Chris Howell |
TJ Tropea |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) drydocked during her conversion to an AFS at Burrard-Yarrows, North Vancouver, Canada, 26 April 1986.
Photo by ©Mr. DOT 1986 |
TJ Tropea |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) underway after completion of conversion to an AFS at Burrard-Yarrows, North Vancouver, Canada, date and location unknown. |
TJ Tropea |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) conducting an underway replenishment with
USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) location unknown, circa November 1986.
Photo from AFS Facebook page |
TJ Tropea |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) drydocked at Ship Repair Facility Subic Bay, Philippines in Artisan (AFDB-1), 1 January 1987. Moored to the right of Artisan is USS Proteus (AS-19) with two Sturgeon class nuclear-powered attack submarines nested alongside. The Naval Supply Depot is in the background.
Defense Imagery photo # DNST9301078, a US Navy photo by PH2 Ellenwood |
Tommy Trampp |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) moored pierside at Sydney, Australia, 6 May 1987, during the Royal Australian Navy's 75th Anniversary celebrations.
Photo courtesy Ray Smith of Newcastle, NSW, Australia. |
T.J. Tropea RM1 USN Ret USNS Sirius |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) coming alongside USS Nimitz (CVN-68),
in the Arabian Gulf for underway replenishment.
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) underway, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo |
MSC web site |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) moored at Xray Wharf at Guam, August 2000.
Photos courtesy LT. Don Wilson, USN. |
T.J. Tropea RM1 USN Ret USNS Sirius |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) underway, date and location unknown.
Photo courtesy LT. Don Wilson, USN. |
T.J. Tropea RM1 USN Ret USNS Sirius |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) underway, date and location unknown.
Photo courtesy LT. Don Wilson, USN. |
T.J. Tropea RM1 USN Ret USNS Sirius |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) moored pierside, date and location unknown.
Photo courtesy LT. Don Wilson, USN. |
T.J. Tropea RM1 USN Ret USNS Sirius |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) steams alongside USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) during a replenishment at sea (UNREP), 17 March 2001.
US Navy photo # E-030117-N-9851B-008 from the US Navy Newsstand web site. |
Bernard A. Cardali USN, USS LST-308 |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) steams alongside USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) during a replenishment at sea (UNREP), 17 March 2001.
US Navy photo # E-030117-N-9851B-028 from the US Navy Newsstand web site. |
Bernard A. Cardali USN, USS LST-308 |
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Eurocopter AS 332 “Super Puma” transport helicopters lift cargo from USNS Spica (T-AFS-9), for a vertical replenishment (VERTREP) to USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), 24 February 2002. Kennedy was scheduled to relieve USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and conduct missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
US Navy photo # E-020224-N-6492H-513 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (24 February 2002) by PH1 Jim Hampshire. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) pulls alongside USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) for a vertical replenishment (VERTREP) at sea, 27 March 2002. Spica is outfitted with contracted French-made SA-330 "Puma" helicopters for the transfer of cargo. John C. Stennis and her battle group are deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
US Navy photo # 020327-N-4768W-011 ARABIAN SEA (27 March 2002) by PH3 Joshua Word. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) approaches USS Harry S Truman (CVN-75) prior to conducting underway replenishment with the carrier, 18 December 2002.
Underway Replenishment is the method by which provisions, ammunition and fuel are transferred from one ship to another at sea. The technique enables a fleet or naval formation to remain at sea for prolonged periods of time. US Navy photo by PH3 Christopher B. Stoltz USN. [021218-N-9964S-003]. |
Bernard A. Cardali USS LST-308 |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) prepares to conduct a simultaneous Refueling at Sea (RAS) with Amphibious Assault Ship USS Saipan (LHA 2) (top) and Amphibious Transport Dock USS Ponce (LPD 15) (bottom). Saipan and Ponce are part of Amphibious Task Force East (AFT-E), underway on an unscheduled deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo # 030131-N-2972R-056 by PH3 Angel Roman-Otero. |
Bernard A. Cardali USS LST-308 |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) steams alongside USS Harry S. Truman during an Underway Replenishment (UNREP), 17 January 2003..
U.S. Navy photo # 030117-N-9851B-027 by PH2 John L. Beeman. |
Bernard A. Cardali, USN LST-308 |
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USS Ashland (LSD-48) receive stores during a connected replenishment with USNS Spica (T-AFS-9). Ashland and Spica are deployed with the Kearsarge Expeditionary Strike Group and are currently conducting Maritime Security Operations in the Persian Gulf.
US Navy photo # 050505-N-2382W-008 Persian Gulf (May 5, 2005) by PHAN Finley Williams |
Navy Newsstand |
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The amphibious transport dock USS Ponce (LPD-15) and the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD-48) receives stores during a connected replenishment with USNS Spica (T-AFS-9). Ponce, Ashland and Spica are deployed with the Kearsarge Expeditionary Strike Group and are currently conducting Maritime Security Operations in the Persian Gulf.
US Navy photo # 050505-N-2382W-010 Persian Gulf (May 5, 2005) by PHAN Finley Williams |
Navy Newsstand |
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USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO-193) provides fuel and supplies to the guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG-89) and aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) during a replenishment at sea
(RAS) evolution in the Persian Gulf, 14 May 2005, while USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) steams alongside using helicopters to conduct a vertical replenishment (VERTREP). The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group was deployed conducting operations in support of multi-national forces in Iraq and maritime security operations in order to set the conditions for security and stability in the region. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier would end this deployment with a homeport
shift to Norfolk, Va., to commence a three-year refuel and complex overhaul. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers
Mate 3rd Class Dusty Howell (# 050514-N-3241H-002). |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) underway on the Elizabeth River at Norfolk, VA., 19 September 2005. |
Photo by Marc Piché of Vercheres, Quebec, Canada, ©2007, submitted by TJ Tropea |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) underway, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo |
Richard Leonhardt |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) underway, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo |
US Navy Newsstand |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) underway, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo |
US Navy Newsstand |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) during an underway replenishment of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), 19 January 2006. Sent over to Spica by the CAPT. J.R. Haley, USN, CO USS Theodore Roosevelt while unrepping.
US Navy photo. |
Barndon J. Varner |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) and USNS Saturn (T-AFS-10) steaming side by side during turnover, 14 February 2007, in the Red Sea. |
T.J. Tropea RM1 USN Ret USNS Sirius |
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Port bow view of USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) inbound on the Elizabeth River off Norfolk, VA., 31 May 2007. |
Photo by Marc Piché of Vercheres, Quebec, Canada, ©2007, submitted by TJ Tropea |
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Port quarter view of USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) inbound on the Elizabeth River off Norfolk, VA., 31 May 2007. |
Photo by Marc Piché of Vercheres, Quebec, Canada, ©2007, submitted by TJ Tropea |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) conducting an underway replenishment, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo |
TJ Tropea |
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Ex-USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) showing damage to her port side from hellfire missile strikes during a sinkex, 6 May 2009. |
Capt. Douglas D. Casavant, Jr., Master, USNS Arctic |
