Escorting The SS Queen Mary
During the first four months of 1967, Acme was involved in various minesweeping exercises. On 1 May, she entered the Long Beach Naval Shipyard for a restricted availability during which all of her experimental equipment was removed, thus ending her research and development efforts. The availability concluded on 4 August; but the ship began a regular overhaul on 1 September at San Pedro, California. During this time, a twin 20-millimeter gun was mounted on the vessel's forecastle. She got underway on 9 December and sailed with five other minesweepers to rendezvous with the RMS Queen Mary. They escorted her on her last voyage into the port of Long Beach.
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