Circumnavigation of The Continent of South America
The ship spent the first month of 1967 completing the installation of her new communications equipment and testing it. On 1 February, Belmont loosed her mooring lines to begin an extended cruise to the southern hemisphere—one that included a circumnavigation of the South American continent. Hydrographic and communications research highlighted the five-month voyage as did visits to sundry South American ports. Belmont completed her circuit of the South American continent on 3 June when she transited the Panama Canal and laid in a course for Norfolk. The technical research ship pulled into her homeport on 9 June and commenced a repair period. Her hull and various items of equipment received repairs over the next two months.
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