Pacific Ocean Operations
After shakedown, Gannet departed Puget Sound on 4 August 1961 and arrived Long Beach, California, on 9 August. As a unit of Mine Division 92, she operated off southern California and conducted exercises in mine countermeasures. During the first two weeks in June 1962 she participated in Joint Task Force 8 nuclear tests off the California coast. Local operations out of Long Beach, California, continued until 2 July when she departed for Japan via Pearl Harbor, Midway, and Guam, arriving Sasebo on 13 August.
After type training off the Japanese coast with Mine Division 32, she departed Sasebo on 1 October for Chinhae, Korea, where she joined in mine force exercises with units of the Republic of Korea Navy. After returning to Sasebo on 7 October, she steamed to Okinawa, Hong Kong, and Taiwan before returning to Japan early in November for additional type training that included school ship service out of Yokosuka, Japan.
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