Mayport until August 1965. On 20 August she moored at Davisville, Rhode Island, her new home port. Her deployment schedule was also changed and the next year she was assigned to the 7th Fleet. Departing Davisville 17 March 1966, she arrived at Subic Bay 5 May and for the next six months supported units of the 7th Fleet in operations off the coast of Vietnam. On 3 November Mazama was relieved by Shasta. She then headed back to Davisville via the Suez Canal, completing her round‑the‑world cruise 20 December. After a cruise to the Mediterranean in late 1967 through early 1968, Mazama returned to operate with and supply ammunition to the 2d Fleet into 1969. In March 1969 she departed for the Panama Canal to start a Western Pacific cruise that lasted to November 1969 with a full ships' complement arriving April 1969 in Subic Bay. Upon return to Davisville she was permanently decommissioned in 1970. Awards and honors Mazama received five battle stars for actions in the Pacific Theater of Operations at Guam, The Philippine Campaign, Saipan, Tinian, Okinawa. The Mazama was also part of the American Occupational Force of the Japanese Home Islands following the end of World War II. References External links Official Website Navsource Photo Archive USS Mazama AE-9 facebook page Lassen-class ammunition ships Type C2-N ships Ships built in Tampa, Florida 1943 ships World War II auxiliary ships of the United States Cold War auxiliary ships of the United States Vietnam War auxiliary ships of the United States