 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mukambani neDesDiv 161, Ault akabva kuMayport musi wa7 Kukadzi 1967, akapfuura nePanama Canal musi wa12 Kukadzi, uye akamira paPearl Harbor, Midway, uye Yokosuka asati ajoina 7th Fleet musi wa11 Kurume. Pashure penguva pfupi yeASW drills pedyo neSubic Bay, akafamba achienda kunzvimbo muGulf of Tonkin nokuda kwemabasa ekuchengetedza ndege. Musi waApril 16, muparadzi akapihwa kuTask Unit 77.1.1 yeOperation Sea Dragon, mabasa okurwisa epamusoro pamusoro pemidziyo yemvura uye nzvimbo dzokudzivirira dzomumhenderekedzo yegungwa muNorth Vietnam. Sechikamu chechikwata ichi, akabatana na,, uye mukuitisa kutsvaira kubva kuCap Lay kuchamhembe kuenda kuThanh Hóa. 