 "Rupertus" then participated in "Sea Dragon" operations, involving the interdiction of waterborne logistics craft staging from North Vietnamese ports, and drew enemy fire off Đồng Hới, North Vietnam, which resulted in minor shrapnel hits.Assigned to gunfire support off South Vietnam in October, she returned to Long Beach on 4 December.Following overhaul and exercises off the California coast, "Rupertus" again got underway for WestPac on 3 July 1968.