 She deployed to the Mediterranean in the spring of 1963, operating with the 6th Fleet Amphibious Task Force, and again to the Caribbean during the spring of 1964.On 24 April 1965, supporters of the ousted Dominican Republic President Juan Bosch launched a "coup d'etat" in Santo Domingo, which soon degenerated into a civil war, with loyalists battling a rebel group backed by armed civilians.As the fighting threatened Americans there, the United States sent U.S. Marines to protect and evacuate Americans.