Indian Ocean

There was a time when our company chartered several modern cargo vessels to the government for assignment on station near an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean. They had been built with rather luxurious passenger quarters which went unused. One day the U.S.Navy Commodore in charge of the area invited two of our captains to a meeting. It seemed that a U.S.O. troupe would be passing thru soon that included the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders and as the Navy did not have suitable accommodations, he asked if we could offer our unused passenger quarters. It was so agreed but soon one of our ships developed flooding in the engine room due to an open sea valve and a sistership came alongside to assist.
 The casualty was serious enough to cancel any plans for celebrity visitors which was a "bummer." With respect to screws and valves I learned at an early age "righty tighty - lefty loosey".
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