Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Wichita" ya shafe watanni shida masu zuwa a cikin ayyukan da ke cikin tashar jiragen ruwa. Waɗannan sun haɗa da horar da sabuntawa, sake cikawa, da kuma ziyartar tashar jiragen ruwa zuwa wasu tashar jiragen ruwa na Amurka da Kanada. Ta kuma shiga a matsayin jirgin ruwa mai goyan baya a cikin gwaje-gwajen da aka gudanar a kan sabon Mark 48 torpedo. Ranar 7 ga watan Agusta, ta tashi daga Long Beach don ta biyu ta aiki tare da 7th Fleet. Ta isa Subic Bay a ranar 24th kuma ta fara farawa a kan layi na farko a ranar 31. Bayan ya yi aiki na tsawon lokaci biyu a Vietnam, "Wichita" ya ziyarci Sattahip, Thailand, a ƙarshen Oktoba. Sauran lokutan layi biyu sun biyo baya a watan Nuwamba da farkon Disamba. A ranar 10 ga Disamba, duk da haka, ta sami umarni don shiga Task Force 74, rundunar da ke da alaƙa da Tekun Indiya bayan yakin Indo-Pakistan.
Ka yi haƙuri. Ta kasance a cikin Tekun Indiya har zuwa farkon Janairu 1972 lokacin da duk jiragen ruwa suka koma yankin aiki a gabar tekun Vietnam. "Wichita", duk da haka, bayan wani ɗan gajeren yawon shakatawa a tashar daga Vietnam ya tafi Subic Bay don kulawa da ake bukata. Ta yi wata layi daya zuwa Yankee Station a watan Fabrairun sannan ta koma Long Beach, inda ta isa ranar 31 ga Maris. "Wichita" ya kasance a Amurka ne kawai don ba da izinin izinin izinin izinin izini da kuma kulawa da kuma gudanar da wasu manyan gyare-gyare a Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.