Left for Westpac tour August 1970, for ship repairs of all kinds on ships of all kinds, a stop was made in Pearl Harbor to load weapons and then on to Subic Bay Naval Base in the Philippines for most of the 7 months. The return to stateside was a protracted trip including a week of R&R lay over in Hong Kong anchored in the channel. Then on to another week in Yokosuka, Japan. The northern circle route was taken from Yokosuka, nearing the Aleutian Islands, and returning to the new home port of Long Beach, CA in February 1971.