Ready's speed, maneuverability, and shallow draft enable her to work close into shores in support of counterinsurgency, guerrilla, and conventional amphibious operations.

Ready returned to Cam Ranh Bay 21 March for a two-month stay, departing the area in May and arriving at Apra, Guam 17 May.

Ready spent the next year in and around Long Beach, from whence she sailed 24 July 1972, bound ultimately for Little Creek, Virginia.

Ready participated in 6th Fleet exercises as a member of the Orange Forces, simulating a Soviet vessel.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.