photo courtesy of Bill Cook, ET2, Tidewater 1962-1965

Here we have a view from the starboard side of the Tidewater as we steam west toward the US and our homeport of Norfolk, VA. A fuel hose connects AD31 to the supply/refueling ship across a gap of about 100 feet of six foot seas. Click anywhere on the pictures above to see an enlargement of the picture in the inset. The inset is another view of the refueling operation.