 Five days later, she shifted her plane-guard service to the carrier and remained so employed until 27 March when she joined , , and in a fruitless, two-day search for a plane lost at sea.On 29 March, she rejoined "Kitty Hawk" and headed for Subic Bay, whence she operated through 4 April conducting gunnery drills and ASW exercises.On 7 April, the destroyer returned to Vietnamese waters.