Singapore Arrival

I was coming into Singapore on a high point. My LTT was finished with decent results and a three month cruise was almost over. My depleted ship store could restock on supplies, albeit expensive ones. I had heard stories about Singapore, most of them about just how expensive everything was.

Pulling into port was the first time I wore my summer whites since graduating from Supply Corps School. We were about to start an important conference with at sea fleet exercises to follow. First we needed to negotiate the busiest strait in the world. We moored at a Singapore Navy Base. There was a large American Naval Base not far away on the island but being in the Singapore Base made interacting with an allied navy much easier. A destroyer from Hawaii and a US submarine joined us. For a smaller country Singapore can boast an impressive and modern navy. Their abilities improve every year as they train with US forces.

I wanted to get out and explore the country right away but obtaining port services and stores proved to be difficult. There were numerous problems for both SUPPO and me in our initial dealing with local vendors. The other destroyer was having the same issues. The brutal heat was not making things any easier.

I was still out of cash from Manila so the crew was a little upset. I finally got the money exchanger set up but without much currency, I do not think he did much business. After everything calmed down and essential services were established it was fairly late. I decided to call it a night since I had a watch at two and an opening conference to attend the next morning, this would be my first foray into foreign diplomacy.