Exercise RIMPAC
After "Sampson" returned from an 8-month maiden deployment, she was back underway from May to August with port visits to the 103rd Portland Rose Festival and Esquimalt, British Columbia to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Navy. She then participated in Exercise RIMPAC off the coast of Hawaii. "Sampson"s crew was awarded two Sea Service Ribbons in 12 months.