USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Santa Barbara conduct a weapons on-load.
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) conducts a Vertical Replenishment weapons on-load with the ammunition ship USS Santa Barbara (AE 28) as they steam in the waters off the Virginia coast on Dec. 20, 1995. The crates of ordnance are being transferred from the Santa Barbara to the Roosevelt by using a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter.