Keywords: US Navy 020919-N-2781V-002 An SH-60.jpg en At sea aboard USS George Washington CVN 73 Sep 19 2002 -- An SH-60 Sea Hawk assigned to the Red Lions of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Fifteen HS-15 lowers supplies onto the ship s flight deck during a vertical replenishment VERTREP The Seahawk is a twin-engine helicopter used for anti-submarine warfare search and rescue drug interdiction anti-ship warfare cargo lift and special operations The Navy's SH-60 Seahawk is an airborne platform based aboard cruisers destroyers and frigates A VERTREP is an evolution that delivers mail and supplies to a ship while it is underway Washington is homeported in Norfolk Va and is on a scheduled six-month deployment conducting combat missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Southern Watch U S Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class David Valdez RELEASED 2002-09-19 020919-N-2781V-002 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 2765 U S Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class David Valdez PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS George Washington CVN-73 Helihoisting of cargo |