Fourth Tour of Duty in The Far East
Then, after two months of preparations for a deployment to the Far East, she departed for the western Pacific. She stopped briefly at Pearl Harbor, Johnston Island, and Kwajalein for minor repairs, stores, and fuel, and remained at Guam in upkeep from 2 until 8 December, before proceeding to Subic Bay. The minesweeper steamed on to the Vietnamese coast where, on 19 December 1969, she relieved Excel (MSO-439) and assumed "Operation Market Time" patrol duties which lasted through 11 January 1970, the day the ship put in to port at Subic Bay.
After a month of leave and upkeep, Acme began her last Market Time patrol on 12 February. She remained off the coast for almost two months before returning to Subic Bay on 6 April. Acme sailed to Keelung, Taiwan, on 25 April and pushed on to Sasebo, Japan, on 4 May. From this port, Acme began her journey back to Long Beach. Pausing briefly at Pearl Harbor, Acme reached her home port on 9 June. Her next action came on 14 August, when Acme took part in Operation "High Desert" off the southern California coast. The minesweeper was back in Long Beach on 21 August.
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