Underway Refueling - Feb 1966 |
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| These are pictures of the Mansfield refueling somewhere between Hawaii and Long Beach, CA. on our way back from WestPac. It was at the tail end of a bad storm and we had an "emergency break away". We usually refueled on our port side, but on this occasion we refueled on our starboard side. Hope it brings back memories to some of you. |  Coming alongside the oiler. |
 Highlining the fuel lines. |
 Things start to get rough. |
 We drift apart. |
 And get real close again. |
 We start to break away |
 There she goes! |
 Break away forward |
 In the drink. |
 Haul back to the oiler. |
 Off into the sunset. |
