I had not taken sea sickness medicine for the first 3 days of the typhoon and finally went to the battalion aid station for some. They asked me if I had run out early, they were shocked when I told them I had not gotten any yet. Then they told me they had run out already. That is why I was on the deck looking at the LST. Supposedly it helps with sea sickness. All it did for me was make me glad I was on a LKA.
It was the USS Durham.
For whatever reason, I did not get sick...I am prone to but not that ship. I got sick as a dog on the USS BELKNAP CG-26 in the MED. Short choppy seas with a top heavy mast that had been added on for C6F antennas and offices.