for Yokosuka, where she conducted local operations until 15 March 1966. She then departed Japan for the Philippines. After a voyage during which she provided services to aircraft, she finally reached Naval Station Sangley Point in the Philippines on 29 March 1966. She later made a brief call at Hong Kong for shore leave before returning to Yokosuka on 16 April 1966. Bream left Japan on 24 April 1966 and headed back to the United States. After a short stop at Pearl Harbor in early May 1966, she arrived in San Diego on the 15 May. Following a leave and upkeep period, shcarried out local operations from San Diego until midsummer 1966, when she made a brief visit to the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco for installation of communications equipment. She returned to San Diego on 6 August 1966 to resume local operations, which continued until the Christmas holidays in December 1966. During January and February 1967, Bream participated in operations along the coast of Southern California. On 3 March 1967, she embarked on an extended training cruise which included a port visit at Acapulco, Mexico. She returned to San Diego on 25 March 1967 and commenced preparations to deploy to the western Pacific. In April 1967, she entered the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard for drydocking and repairs. She then returned to San Diego to complete her preparations. On 9 June 1967, she got underway for the Far East. During this cruise, she visited Hong Kong; Songkhla and Bangkok, Thailand; Subic Bay and Cebu City in the Philippines; Keelung and Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Chinhae, South Korea; and Sasebo and Yokosuka, Japan. She provided services to the Republic of Korea Navy and the Republic of China Navy and carrying out assigned duties with the U.S. Seventh Fleet. Bream departed Yokosuka on 3 December 1967 and proceeded directly to San Diego. She arrived there on 19 December 1967 and began a Christmas holiday leave and upkeep period. During January 1968, she operated off the coast of Southern California. On 6 February 1968, she proceedeed to the Mare Island Naval Shipyard to be drydocked for repairs. She returned to service on 21 March 1968 and once again operated along the coast of Southern California. She departed San Diego on 16 October 1968 to carry out another tour of duty in the Far East. In addition to her duties with the U.S. Seventh