Monday, April 3, 1972
Higbee Docks For Repairs
MANILA (UPI) --The U.S. Navy destroyer Higbee, which was damaged by Communist MIG fighter planes in the first air-sea battle in the Vietnam war, arrived at the Subic Bay Naval Base Wednesday night for repairs, a Navy spokesman said Thursday.The spokesman said the Higbee docked at Subic, 90 miles northwest of Manila, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.There was no immediate word on how long the repairs would take and how soon the ship would be back on station at the Tonkin Gulf.The Higbee suffered considerable damage on topside and four of its crewmen were injured by attacking MIGs off Vietnam last April 19."Higbee Docks For Repairs", by (UPI), published in the Pacific Stars and Stripes on Sunday, April 30, 1972 and reprinted from European and Pacific Stars and Stripes, a Department of Defense publication copyright, 2002 European and Pacific Stars and Stripes.