 "Wainwright" departed from Japan on 14 November and headed via the Taiwan Strait for the Tonkin Gulf.On 20 November, she relieved on PIRAZ station and took up familiar duty as the American air coordinator in the northern part of the gulf.That assignment proved very brief for, on the following day, relieved "Wainwright"; and the guided missile frigate moved on to new duties as the coordinator ship assigned to the north SAR station.