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In mid-July, after a period of local operations, the ship moved to Seattle, Wash., where she entered the Todd Shipyard for another modernization overhaul to repair her aging hull, piping systems, and cabling. Returning to Long Beach in mid-October, she conducted refresher training and local operations into the following spring. On 19 April 1965, Belle Grove pointed her bow westward for service in Vietnam. She transported a portion of the elite South Korean "Tiger" Corps to Vietnam. The ship then supported the recent marine deployment to Danang by serving as a boat haven in that city's harbor. In addition, she provided repair facilities to inshore coastal vessels engaged in Operation "Market Time," a series of coastal patrols designed to interdict communist waterborne logistics routes into South Vietnam. Returning home 29 November, she spent only six weeks in leave and upkeep before heading back to Vietnam.

In mid-July, after a period of local operations, the ship moved to Seattle, Wash., where she entered the Todd Shipyard for another modernization overhaul to repair her aging hull, piping systems, and cabling. Returning to Long Beach in mid-October, she conducted refresher training and local operations into the following spring. On 19 April 1965, Belle Grove pointed her bow westward for service in Vietnam. She transported a portion of the elite South Korean "Tiger" Corps to Vietnam. The ship then supported the recent marine deployment to Danang by serving as a boat haven in that city's harbor. In addition, she provided repair facilities to inshore coastal vessels engaged in Operation "Market Time," a series of coastal patrols designed to interdict communist waterborne [[logistics]] routes into South Vietnam. Returning home 29 November, she spent only six weeks in leave and upkeep before heading back to Vietnam.