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The Royal Australian Navy’s recently commissioned Supply Class Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment ship HMAS Supply is ready to play its role as a range extender for an array of international war ships as the sea phase of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC 22) commences in the waters off Hawaii.
RIMPAC 22 will be the first time that Supply will engage in replenishments-at-sea with multiple international navies and will be an important milestone for the ship and her crew.
Replenishment ships are a critical enabler to support war fighting, search and rescue and humanitarian and disaster relief over long distances and large areas. For maritime nations like Australia, this ability to project its maritime forces far from our shores is particularly important.
For Supply’s commanding officer, Cmdr. Cindy Jenkins, RIMPAC 2022 provides an opportunity to demonstrate that one of the Royal Australian Navy’s newest ships is up to the tasks it was designed for.
“Transferring hundreds of tons of fuel and supplies between ships underway, themselves weighing thousands of tonnes each, is a task that is not always easy," said Jenkins. "But as a maritime nation our ability to deliver this capability is essential to maintaining Australia’s national interests. We’re very excited to work with multiple partner navies over the next few weeks and look forward to strengthening partnerships and enhancing interoperability."
"Our participation in RIMPAC 22 is a great achievement and reflective of a lot of hard work by the ship’s company and those ashore to get Supply to where she is now,” said Jenkins.
Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29- Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
| Date Taken: | 07.11.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 07.13.2022 22:16 |
| Story ID: | 424768 |
| Location: | PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII, US |
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