It fulfilled a Protection of Shipping (POS) mission as anti-submarine warfare (ASW) combatants for amphibious expeditionary forces, underway replenishment groups and merchant convoys.

In March 1968, she rejoined Escort Squadron (CortRon) 6 at Newport, and began duty supporting the development and testing of sophisticated anti-submarine warfare tactics and related equipment.

She departed Newport on 1 April, and made her first port call at Lisbon, Portugal, later that month, after conducting hunter/killer ASW exercises with ships of the Spanish and Portuguese navies.

From Portugal, she moved to Spithead, England, for a Royal Review of the NATO Fleet in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the treaty organization.

Voge successfully applied hold-down tactics on the Soviet submarine, and later received the Meritorious Unit Commendation for her efforts.

She continued that routine until the following spring when she crossed the Atlantic for bilateral United States-Spanish ASW exercises and another with ships of the Portuguese Navy.

During the ensuing six months, Voge joined other ships of the 6th Fleet in a series of unilateral and bilateral exercises and made port visits throughout the Mediterranean.

Of special interest were her visit to the Turkish Naval War College on Heybeliada Island in the Sea of Marmara in early August, and her participation in the multinational NATO Exercise "Deep Furrow" late in September.

After completing the usual month of post-deployment leave and repairs, Voge resumed normal East Coast operations in January 1973.

She received orders changing her home port to Naval Station Mayport, Florida, on 16 August; and four days later, she got underway for the south.

Refresher training and naval gunfire support exercises engaged her until October, at which time she returned to Charleston for a three-month restricted availability to correct problems in her main propulsion plant.

Voge remained at her home port until mid-February 1976, when she put to sea to participate in exercises conducted in the Caribbean with units of the Netherlands and British navies.

During much of that deployment, port visits all along the Mediterranean punctuated a series of training exercises conducted with units of the 6th Fleet and from foreign navies.

Voge spent almost all of the ensuing seven months in port at Mayport, putting to sea only to test the main propulsion plant.

On 11 July 1977, she headed back toward Rota in company with the aircraft carrier Saratoga, and the frigate Koelsch for duty with the 6th Fleet.

The ASWSC&CS allowed the development of improvements in antisubmarine warfare using digital computers, which were implemented in other ASW ship classes.

The two ASWSC&CS equipped destroyer escorts made a science of tracking Soviet subs and started a whole new concept of the 'hold-down' exercise which restricts the submarine's maneuver and mission options.