While we were waiting to come into the Island, an American Drill ship named: Mohawk came by, saw us and picked us up and took us all to Singapore on the night of April 9th and we were taken into the Camp the next morning.....
On 16 July 1982, On a passage from Hong Kong toward Singapore. SS President Madison rescues 36 Vietnamese refugees and brought them into Singapore
USS Roark (FF 1053)
On 17 May 1990, USS Roark (FF-1053) rescued 42 Vietnamese refugees from an unseaworthy craft in the South China Sea. She was decommissioned in 1991 and was scrapped in 2004. Note, Roark was originally classified as a destroyer escort, (DE 1053), and was reclassified as a frigate in 1975.