Following minor repairs at Sasebo in early February, and a port visit to Hong Kong, the guided missile destroyer returned to the Gulf of Tonkin for a second SAR tour on 26 February. Her first rescue mission took place on 14 March when "Berkeley" received notice that a McDonnell F-4C Phantom had ditched off Hon Me Island. In company with the destroyer , "Berkeley" coordinated rescue helicopter flights, and those of fighter aircraft from the carriers and "Kitty Hawk", as the two warships closed the ditch site. Before they arrived, a United States Air Force HU-16 Albatross amphibian—which had landed to pick up the two Phantom crewmen—was taken under fire by North Vietnamese shore batteries. The amphibian was hit shortly thereafter, killing two crewmen and the aircraft burned and sank. "Berkeley" then closed Hon Me Island, drawing the enemy fire to her, and engaged in a 22-minute gunnery dual with the coastal batteries. At the same time, her combat information team directed friendly air strikes against enemy gun emplacements and coordinated three SH-3 helicopters from "Yorktown" and as they retrieved the six survivors from the water. Although repeatedly straddled by enemy fire during this action, "Berkeley" suffered only minor damage from shell fragments.