FRAM II
Strong entered the Charleston Naval Shipyard in March 1962 for FRAM II conversion and remained there until December. She held refresher training at Guantanamo Bay in early 1963 and then participated in exercises off Nova Scotia. The destroyer was deployed to the 6th Fleet from November 1963 to March 1964; 6 January to 7 June 1965; and from 22 September 1966 to 31 January 1967. The last of these deployments was to the Mediterranean. She visited Gibraltar. Marseilles, Naples, Athens, Istanbul, and Taranto. On 8 December 1966 she participated in search and rescue operations in the Aegean Sea for victims of the capsized Greek ferry SS Heraklion. She operated along the East Coast until 1 November 1967 when she sailed with Destroyer Squadron (DesRon) 4 for the western Pacific and duty in Vietnam.
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