1977 Final Operations
On 10 January 1977, the ship entered drydock at Mayport, Florida. She cleared the keelblocks on 7 March, and took part in Operation Cleansweep from the 11th to the 20th. She returned briefly to Charleston before deploying on 11 April for special operations in the Caribbean and western Atlantic.
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