Off Loading

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:21:40 -0500

At the end of the current flight operations the CVN 72 was scheduled for maintenance time in port. All ordnance (bombs, etc) was first off-loaded while at sea, so none would be taken into port. Cables were strung between the carrier and an ammunition transport ship (USS Mt Hood - since decommissioned: USS Mt Hood AE-29) on a parallel course. A couple of bombs are visible as they are ferried between the ships.