sentences:  Following shakedown, "Vega" sailed for the U.S. West Coast and duty with the U.S. Pacific Fleet.Between January 1956 and mid-1964, "Vega" made 13 deployments to the Far East, usually about four months in length.During this time, the versatile storeship sailed an average of over 30,000 miles per year and routinely visited Yokosuka and Sasebo, Japan; Hong Kong; Subic Bay, Philippines; and Kaohsiung, Formosa, with an occasional run to Kobe and Iwakuni, Japan.