 After completing her part in a 6th Fleet amphibious exercise, "Basilone" visited Barcelona from 4 to 9 December before heading for turnover at Rota.She stopped at Rota from the 10th to the 12th and then embarked on the voyage back to Norfolk, where she arrived on the 22nd.Following four weeks of rest and replenishment, the destroyer conducted type training with off the Virginia Capes during the latter half of January 1976.