During Exercise COMBINED / JOINT LOGISTICS OVER-THE-SHORE 2001 (C/JLOTS 01) off Republic of Korea’s coast, U.S. soldiers and sailors watch the sinking of a Single Anchor Leg Moor (SALM) from the SS Chesapeake. The SALM is an important part of the U.S. Navy’s Offshore Petroleum Discharge System (OPDS) to deliver fuel or fresh water ashore during contingency operations.
Photo by Lt. Lisa Brackenberry, USN

A U.S. Navy-constructed elevated causeway (right) and a U.S. Army-constructed modular pier (left) were built to rapidly bring munitions and other supplies from ship to shore during C/JLOTS 01.
Photo by SSgt. Lee J. Osberry, Jr., USAF

A Republic of Korea Navy landing craft prepares to dock at the floating modular pier constructed to permit direct offloading of supplies at sea.
Photo by SSgt Lee J. Osberry, Jr., USAF

The SALM is deployed from the SS Chesapeake and sunk to the bottom to provide a mooring that allows the ship to pump military fuels ashore even in high sea states.
Photo by SSgt Lee J. Osberry, Jr., USAF

The SS Chesapeake is listed sharply into the sea to facilitate the deployment of the SALM. Seabee divers from a U.S. Navy Underwater Construction Team support this sophisticated operation.
Photo by SSgt. Lee J. Osberry, Jr., USAF

Gen. Kim In Jong, then Commanding General, Second ROK Army, examines a memento with a crewmember while visiting the SS Chesapeake during Exercise C/JLOTS 01.
Photo by SSgt Lee J. Osberry, Jr., USAF

A pumping station and bladder on the beach are parts of the U.S. Army’s Inland Petroleum Distribution System (IPDS) built by soldiers from the 109th Quartermaster Company with Korean Service Corps engineers and Marines. The OPDS pumps from ship to the beach through an underwater pipeline, then stored in the bladder and routed by the Army as needed.
Photo by Capt. Benjamin L. Marx, USA