sentences:  Homeported at San Francisco, California, "Vega" continued her unglamorous but vital duty of providing the necessary supplies to keep the Fleet and its men in top operating condition.After loading at Oakland, California, from 24 March to 4 April 1969, "Vega" sailed on 5 April for Yokosuka, Japan.Her normal routine of operations was interrupted later that month, when North Korean MiG fighters shot down an American EC-121 surveillance aircraft over the Sea of Japan.