Ingersoll (DD 990) - Naval Cruise Book

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Subic Bay. located on the southwestern corner of the island Luzon, is the site of a maior U.S. Naval base and repair facility The heat and humidity of Subic Bay re- quired some aclimitization. and the ship went to a tropical hours working schedule to concentrate our working hours in the cooler part of the day and to pro- vide well-deserved liberty for a shipload of salty mariners. 20

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Subic Bay was a busy port visit for all hands. There were provisions and stores to load out. essen- tial repairs to be made to weapons systems and the engineering plant, including the complete change- out of one gas turbine generator. Important struc- tural repairs to the superstructure shell were also made during this mport period. The Northern Pacific storms had taken their toll, and all of these )0bs had to be accomplished prior to our departure for the In- dian Ocean. Our stay in Subic Bay was cut short on 16 May when we were ordered to sortie from port as soon as possible and conduct surveillance operations off the coast of Vietnam. The entire crew performed magnificently in expediting repairs in what was already a compressed time frame We left port 24 hours after receiving the initial tasking, cutting in half the time normally required to button the ship back up and get underway. 22