Supporting Vietnam Operations
Returning to Long Beach, the ship prepared for another Far Eastern deployment, this time in support of the American advisory effort in South Vietnam. Sailing 2 January 1962 for this embattled country, Implicit first participated in SEATO maneuvers and then moved to various ports in South Vietnam to assist in training officers and men in their struggle against Communist subversion. She returned to Long Beach from South Vietnam 17 August 1962.
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