 On 9 April, "Basilone" rejoined "Ticonderoga", this time for two weeks on Yankee Station off North Vietnam.Following a 15-day availability at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, she sailed to waters off II Corps area on 7 May to provide gunfire support, including a two-day trip up the Saigon River to bombard Viet Cong targets on the 24th.After departing the Saigon River, she contributed her firepower to an air attack and shore landing against a concentration of the Viet Cong.