The main point of this visit to Singapore was ship maintenance. Most of the work involved lagging and deck work. This work requires special technical assistance that is easiest to obtain in Singapore. Aside from those projects, the ships deck needed to be stripped, ground and repainted and the sides needed new paint for a conference coming in a few weeks. That event coming up would absorb much of the Supply Department's time while the maintenance projects were ongoing for the rest of the departments.
Every division contributed manpower to maintenance on the deck, while that was going on, I lead several stores onloads for everything from girl scout cookies to socks. All my stores had been depleted by the unexpected deployment so that was my main priority. I still had plenty of soda and Gatorade from Hong Kong so at least I was able to provide some basic items for the crew. This time my stores did not have to be trucked all the way across the island.
With stores on-loads completed and projects progressing, I was left to settle into an in-port routine again for the next two weeks. This would be our longest port visit by far, a length almost unheard of for ships visiting Singapore. I needed to start making plans for what I wanted to do in Singapore.
No comments:
Post a Comment