 "Hollister" accompanied the aircraft carrier on "Yankee Station" off Vietnam, giving valuable support to the naval operations exercised in opposing the North Vietnamese Communists.On 19 December she left the station and arrived in Yokosuka on 30 December, prior to her departure for the United States the following day.After a six-month repair and training period, "Hollister" left Long Beach on 25 June for the Far East once again.