sentences:  Offloading 342 tons of supplies at the Naval Supply Depot, Subic Bay, from 8 to 10 March, the ship departed the Philippines to visit Japan.While en route, however, "Vega" was dispatched to search for a Japanese fishing vessel in distress off Yonakuni Jima.Conducting the search in heavy seas and beneath leaden grey overcast skies, "Vega's" efforts were uncrowned with success, as she found no trace of the distressed ship.