 Port visits included Subic Bay, Kaohsiung and Keelung, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Bangkok.CAPT Sherwin J. Sleeper was relieved as Commanding Officer by CDR James A. Allen in May 1969.In July 1970 the entire squadron returned together to San Diego with homeward-bound pennants flying, to be greeted at the pier by Governor Reagan, Senator Murphy, the COMCRUDESPAC Band and a several hundred family members and well-wishers.