 From November 1967 through January 1968, she conducted an oceanographic survey off Norfolk, Virginia.She was involved in more oceanographic surveys over the Mid-Atlantic Shelf from 6 May 1968 to 12 May 1968 and again from 11 July 1968 to 18 July 1968.From 14 January 1969 to 19 January 1969, she conducted a survival craft drift project east of the Chesapeake Bay.