 In July 1965, the ship's home port was changed from Little Creek, to Davisville, R.I.. No sooner had she shifted her base northward when she was called to the Mississippi River on salvage alert due to the passage of Hurricane Betsy.She departed Davisville on 11 September and arrived at New Orleans, Louisiana on 20 September to commence salvage operations on the USNS "Kellar" (T-AGS-25), sunk in the Mississippi.She moored over "Kellar" on the 23rd; commenced salvage rigging; and ultimately righted the Military Sea Transportation Service ship on 7 October.