US Navy Visits Phuket

PATONG BEACH: Three US naval ships, the USS Boxer, USS Cleveland and USS Harpers Ferry, with a total of about 2,000 officers and crew, are visiting Phuket from 13 to 18 January 1999. The vessels are anchored in Patong Bay. Captain Robert C. Massey of the USS Boxer, Captain J. A. Winnefeld, Jr. of the USS Cleveland and Captain Terence P. Labrecque of the USS Harpers Ferry paid a courtesy visit to Rear Admiral Pisit Jitnuson, Deputy Commander of the Royal Thai Navy Third Fleet, soon after the ships arrived here.