 The destroyer entered Vietnamese waters on 7 July and commenced a 16-day tour plane-guarding .On 23 July, she parted company with the "Oriskany" task group and closed the coast of Vietnam near the DMZ with a gunfire support unit, Task Unit 70.8.2 (TU 70.8.2), to deliver call-fire bombardment to assist the troops ashore.She completed her part in that mission on 29 July and moved off to conduct special operations in the Gulf of Tonkin with and .