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.
Over the next nine years, she continued to serve as a cargo vessel for MSTS across the world's oceans. In 1963, Taurus was re-designated LSV-8, and during the mid-1960s, she supported American operations in South Vietnam.