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As Cadet Officer on board Ships:
CAPT ADELINO L. MASIGLA
- Mar, 1964-Nov 1964: LSCO Pandacan (Lusteveco)
- Nov, 1964-Aug, 1965: S. T. Atlas (Oriental Tugs, HK)
- Aug , 1965- Nov , 1965 : LSCO Tabangao (Lusteveco)
- Nov , 196 5 - Feb , 1966 , LSCO Platypus (Lusteveco)
- Feb, 1966-Apr, 1966, LSCO Vung Tau, Sydney-Manila.
- Apr , 1966-May, 1966: Board Exam Review for 3rd Mate .
- May, 1966, Took Marine Board Exam for 3rd Mate, Iloilo City.
- Jun 1966- Jan , 1967 : LSCO Marikudo (Lusteveco)
The Year 1964 was within the period when graduates from maritime
schools had difficult times pursuing careers owing to scarcity of
vessels. Knowing about the situation, I started applying in several
shipping companies three months before graduation. Fortunately I
passed the preliminary examinations and interviews in all the big
companies however, have to wait, the least, three months after
graduation for vacancies. A week prior to graduation I read in the
newspaper about the biggest tanker among the fleet who recently
arrived port and being readied for local operation. I then went to the
office of the port captain the next morning, talked with him and got
accepted. The following morning after graduation night I found myself
boarding the "LSCO Pandacan" then the biggest local oil tanker.
(Left photo shows the 8 deck cadets at the flying bridge of LSCO
Pandacan: Standing L-R: Pili; Dayag; Dimaano; Villaruel; Torreno; Sitting
L-R: Masigla in red shirt; Del Pilar; Catabay. Below is the LSCO
Pandacan while loading alongside an oil jetty in Batangas.
By November of 1964, I learned about a vacancy on board Steam Tug
ATLAS, a Hongkong based Panamanian flag ocean going tug, who
called on the Port of Manila anchored not too far away from LSCO
Pandacan. Again I tried my luck, went on board and on endorsement of
my Chief Officer Edgardo M. Gualberto, was accepted. by the Tug's
Captain (Mariano Sayo). With Tug Atlas we made one rescue operation
of an abandoned tanker in China Sea, towed one vessel from Hongkong
to Kaosheung, delivered marine construction materials loaded on board
two 2,500 DWT deck barges from Hongkong to Port Headland, North
Australia.
By August of next year, Tug ATLAS was sold for scrap and all crew
members were sent home.
Back in the Philippines (Aug 1965) I then joined tanker "LSCO
Tabangao" under the command of my former chief officer in LSCO
Pandacan. LSCO Tabangao was on deliveries of finished petroleum
products from Shell refinery in Batangas to various medium ports in the
Philippines.
When my captain was transferred to LSCO Platypus (November 1965), I
was brought along. LSCO Platypus was on specialized combo voyage
loaded with bulk amonia from Limay Bataan to Toledo Cebu and on
return trip with pyrite from Surigao to Limay Bataan.
In February of 1966, my captain was tasked for conduction of a bigger
tanker (LSCO Vung Tau) from Sydney, Australia. I was brought along.
By April 1966, I had completed cadetship and disembarked LSCO Vung
Tau to take up review classes in preparation for 3rd Officers board
examination.
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