USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) Replenishment-at-Sea [Image 78 of 146]

04.11.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Serpico 

U.S. Navy           

170411-N-FT178-013 SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 11, 2017) Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Athalia Chavez, from Bakersfield, California, observes a replenishment-at-sea with fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197) aboard Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57). Lake Champlain is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of the U.S. 3rd Fleet in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific regularly and routinely for more than 70 years. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan K. Serpico/Released)

• Date Taken: 04.11.2017
• Date Posted: 04.13.2017 00:17
• Photo ID: 3310467
• VIRIN: 170411-N-FT178-013
• Resolution: 1800x1209
• Size: 1.76 MB