Arriving on 10 August, "Roberts" cruised off the coast of Lebanon from 17 August to 25 August and again from 2 to 20 September to furnish gunfire support to the troops on the beach if it proved necessary. On 17 September, the ship transited the Suez Canal on the way to the Persian Gulf for a few weeks. On the trip home, "Roberts" returned through the canal on 19 October, passed Gibraltar on 4 November, and arrived at the United States on 13 November.