Over the next nine years, she continued to carry cargo for MSTS in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. On 1 January 1963 Taurus was re-designated vehicle landing ship LSV-8. During the mid-1960s she carried cargo to ports in South Vietnam in support of American forces in the Vietnam War.
For nine years, she maintained a steady supply route across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans for MSTS. In 1963, Taurus was reclassified as LSV-8, and during the mid-1960s, she played a crucial role in supplying American forces in South Vietnam.