PHOTO'S by SPOONER, BRIAN

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1 alaska patrol 2 alaska patrol 33 budda 4 bananna boats 5 looking at the 01 market time 1966 6 international market place hawaii 1963 7 honk kong harbor from victoria peak 1966 8 honk kong harbor from victoria peak 1966 9 pearl harbor 1965 back from VNN9
10 pearl harbor 1965 back from VNN 11 junk in tow VNN 1966 12 junk in tow VNN 1966 13 searching small boats 14 searching small boats 15 searching small boat with large fish onboard 16 searching small boats 1966 17 libertade in bangkok 1965 18 motor whale boat 1966 19 POW camp hong kong19
20 shelling inland 21 shelling inland 22 alaska storm damage 1964 23 alaska storm damage 1964 24 alaska storm damage 1964 25 vance as station ship hong kong 1966 from victoria peak 26 sunset26

Comments in thumbnail order
1★Alaska patrol 1964
2★Westpac 1965
3★1965, Bangkok, The Golden Buddha, thanks to Brian we know the Vance was in Thailand.
4★1965, Bangkok, Vance and Libertade might have been moored, but these boats never stopped.
6★In case you forgot what the International Market Place, Honolulu, Hawaii, looked like here it is in 1963.
7★This is a wide angle shot showing Hong Kong across the harbor is Kai Tak Airport, in 1966.
8★This is another wide angle shot of Hong Kong. The crew had time to explore during this 30 day tour as Station Ship.
9-10★Back home from Westpac. Looking at Bravo Pier, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1965
11-12★On Market Time patrol, Vietnam, 1966. We took a suspect Vietnamese craft in tow.
13★A Boarding Party Officer, inspects for contraband during Market Time in 1966
15★Looks like the silhouette of the RMC looking down at a huge fish
18★A Signalman is talking with the Vance using semaphore flags. While returning with an officer in 1966.
17★On liberty in Bangkok, 1965, the Libertade was tied near Vance
19★In 1965, Brian found this Japanese POW camp in Hong Kong
20-21★Market Time Patrol. We are on station and standing-by, watching the shelling of the Vietnam coast. Notice the smoke from a shell off the bow. Don Davis, reported that hull number 11 is the USS Chicago CG11 (guided missile cruiser)
23-24★Damage to the forward 3" gun mount while on patrol in Alaska, in 1964
25★1966, The Vance does her part in keeping communications open 24 hours a day, using her UHF equipment, while serving as Station Ship, Hong Kong. The view is from atop Victoria Peak



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