While I was directed not to divulge our exact destination, I was able to announce a general area.  For morale reasons, it was my policy to keep the crew informed about future operations of the ship unless security reasons dictated otherwise.  While transiting the Strait that night, we had to make an emergency maneuver to avoid a collision with a large Texaco tanker in very congested and restricted waters.  (A moment of stark terror.)

(audio:  Transiting Malacca Strait:  1mc.  1:27)

(audio:  Entering Indian Ocean:  1mc. 2:09)