The World - News from May 17, 1989
The destroyer John Young rescued 46 Vietnamese refugees found adrift in a small boat in the South China Sea about 200 miles west of the Philippine island of Luzon, the Navy announced. The John Young and the cruiser Gridley “spotted the craft about 1 a.m. (Philippine time) while en route from Singapore to Subic Bay in the Philippines,” said Lt. Cmdr. Bob Anderson of the Pacific Fleet. “Upon investigation, the refugee craft was determined to be unseaworthy--without propulsion and navigation equipment,” Anderson said. The 28 men and 18 women were taken aboard the John Young and transported to Subic Bay Naval Base.
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