Richard E. Byrd
Late January 1967 "Richard E. Byrd" moved south to the Jacksonville, Florida operations area, and, while serving as rescue destroyer for the aircraft carrier , she rescued Lt. (jg) John F. Dickinson, whose A4-E aircraft crashed during a landing approach. In May "Richard E. Byrd" was at sea as part of the screen of the carrier , which force rendezvoused with the damaged on 9 June.