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8th February 2023, 04:18 PM
#81
Re: Vietnam war
Originally Posted by
john walker
I might take you up on your offer as I will be in Ho Chi Minh city at the begining of March for a few days. J.W.
sent you a message, check your inbox...
Cheers
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8th February 2023, 04:31 PM
#82
Re: Vietnam war
Originally Posted by
j.sabourn
#78 our friend .... Saw him last Thursday at the Happy hour ..... think if he is here much longer will be getting too addicted to the beer for going back. Just joking.
Mate, here, the best bar in my book and probably the first expat run venue by a compatriot mate of mine (not to advertise it too much), is Nr5 Bar.
They have daily happy hour (Mo-Su) from 3.00-7.30PM
Happy Hour at Nr5 means, free flow tap beer, incl Heineken, Tiger, San Mig and Saigon beer, regardless how long you're there, Happy Hour is charged at a flat rate for 170'000 VND (around 10 Aussie $) and needless to say, there's quite a few Aussies among the Happy Hour regulars!
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12th February 2023, 01:53 PM
#83
Re: Vietnam war
It was the Hyria which had the two gas tanks on the foredeck, I was on the Hyria tice, also the Hemisinus and Haminea all on the Singapore Vketnam run durkng the 60's and eatly 70's
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12th February 2023, 02:06 PM
#84
Re: Vietnam war
The Hyria because of her gas tanks was a very distinctive site in Pulau Bukom. I often wondered what was in them and where you discharged them as I can not remember seeing gas storage tanks in Nha Be ??
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13th February 2023, 04:01 PM
#85
Re: Vietnam war
"mate, forgive me for asking, but are you saying while others went out and about town, you scrubbed decks for up to 2 weeks? (just wondering…)" seems a strange comment - cargo work was working 33 cargo tanks, (plus one for'd cargo hold), ring main cargo lines, and one cargo pumproom with 4 centrifugal pumps and 2 reciprocating pumps (all steam driven of course). For us then in Vietnam that's discharging cargo (mainly aviation spirit) and if in DaNang or Nha Trang, via a submarine pipeline for up to 4 days a go, while EVERYBODY including all the catering dept, is on watch (security and cargo)the ARVN security team chuck stun grenades over the side from time to time to discourage divers (remember the AMORIA)... So nothing to do with scrubbing decks....
the point of the cargo work comment was just to indicate a close knowledge of the ship and its tank arrangements...
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13th February 2023, 05:27 PM
#86
Re: Vietnam war
#85 My apologies John which post are you refering to? This old scroat without a reference can't follow the thread .
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14th February 2023, 04:59 PM
#87
Re: Vietnam war
i remember the big yanky fighter planes flying alongside during johnsons rolling thunder 68,jp
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21st February 2023, 04:50 PM
#88
Re: Vietnam war
I was an Engineer App. on the Hyria for 7 months from Jan 1970 doingthe Palau Bukom/Na Bhe run. We were also the first civilian ship to dry dock at Sembewang - the old Naval Dockyard.
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21st February 2023, 05:44 PM
#89
Re: Vietnam war
Originally Posted by
Stephen Lee
I was an Engineer App. on the Hyria for 7 months from Jan 1970 doingthe Palau Bukom/Na Bhe run. We were also the first civilian ship to dry dock at Sembewang - the old Naval Dockyard.
HMS Terror - if I remember correctly. Sembawang village was a nice quiet run ashore.
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22nd February 2023, 05:03 AM
#90
Re: Vietnam war
Hi Stephen Lee, was that after her kissing the wharf in Wyndham??
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