"Tulare" continued her support operations until returning to the west coast late in the summer of 1968. On 1 January 1969, the ship was redesignated "LKA-112". She commenced her 10th WestPac deployment on 30 January 1969, departing San Diego in company with , , , , and , bound, via Pearl Harbor and Okinawa, for Southeast Asia. She arrived in her operating area off Vietnam on 7 March and delivered her cargo on the following day before returning to sea to be replenished while underway by , and . She conducted local operations between the Philippines and Okinawa before arriving in her operating area on 8 July to take part in three and one-half weeks of operations supporting Operation Brave Armada while serving with the amphibious ready group.