Richmond K. Turner
For seven months, "Richmond K. Turner" engaged in various trials, exercises, and refresher training along the east coast of the United States and in the Caribbean Sea. The vessel returned to Newport, Rhode Island, 22 November 1972 and remained there until 9 January 1973, when the destroyer leader entered Boston Naval Shipyard for a two-month yard period. Leaving Boston in March, she continued normal operations out of Newport along the Atlantic seaboard and in the Caribbean mid-December 1973. In July 1973, "Richmond K. Turner" departed for a 5-month deployment as the flagship for UNITAS XIV, returning in mid-December 1973.