 Along the way, she called at Lourenço Marques, Mozambique; Luanda, Angola; Dakar, Senegal; and at Bermuda before arriving back at Newport on 2 December.The warship remained in port at Newport through the end of the year and through the first month of 1973, resuming local activity early in February.On the afternoon of 5 February 1973, while she conducted underway training and a burial at sea off the Virginia Capes, a boiler explosion killed seven of "Basilone"s crew.