U.S. Navy sailors and Marines assigned to the amphibious transport dock USS Denver (LPD 9) hold a line in place while trying to secure a span wire during a connected replenishment with Military Sealift Command underway replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) in the Pacific Ocean on March 19, 2010. The Denver is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is conducting spring patrol.