Trying to Refuel at Sea - Movie

[Bill Jolliff]

A week or 2 ago I started a thread here on Foto Friday's of showing an attempt to refuel at sea while I was in the Navy. I used Snapshots.

I got my movies done and they are much more impressive, and if so inclined, check out this 54 second slow motion video of a destroyer, the USS Abbot DD-629 coming along side my ship, the USS Allagash AO-97, a fleet tanker, aka a sea going gas station.

This was in the fall of 1957 in the North Atlantic.

Here's the video: http://abbot.us/videos/DD629-1957.mp4

View it in FULL screen.

The powers that be decided to try it on another day. Good decision.