USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) Replenishment-at-Sea [Image 8 of 20]

PACIFIC OCEAN

02.09.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Serpico 

Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet           

170209-N-FT178-128 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 9, 2017) Sailors attach a span wire to the port pad-eye of Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) during a replenishment-at-sea with fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197). 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: 02.09.2017
• Date Posted: 02.17.2017 18:40
• Photo ID: 3168935
• VIRIN: 170209-N-FT178-128
• Resolution: 1800x1208
• Size: 1.37 MB
• Location: PACIFIC OCEAN