 After slinking quietly in the cove, the Captain ordered the First Lieutenant to anchor, whereupon the First lieutenant opened the wrong pelican hook, sending the spare anchor splashing into the sea.With that, "Tillamook" departed the cove without firing.In August 1965, she resumed operations towing district and landing craft between various East Asian bases and did not return to Vietnamese waters until December 1965 when she towed the large covered lighter USS "YFNB-2" and the floating workshop USS "YR-71" from Subic Bay to Danang.