This was the first 1179 class LST to deploy and broke down in every port from the west coast to Vietnam. I noticed that a lot of Air Force planes seemed to break down in Las Vegas, Australia, London, etc. They almost never got delayed for maintenance in Iceland, Greenland, or the middle east.
Great observation. Although the ship broke down in Hawaii, is really went belly up in Guam. it had Diesel engines also. How come people keep discovering ways to make such a simple machine nonfunctional?