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10 April 1972	Underway for 5 th Westpac deployment
12 April	Crossed International Dateline
19 April	Refueled, and took on ammunition and provisions at Guam, Marianas
22 April	Inport Subic Bay , Phillipines
24 April	Enroute to Gulf of Tonkin for NGFS duties
26 April	Commenced NGFS operations in the vicinity of the DMZ – Vietnam
29 April	Assumed escort duties for USS OKINAWA LPH-3 on special ops
30 April	NGFS operations on the Qua Viet River in the Dong Ha and Quang Tri areas of MRI
26 Apr – 2 May	Received hostile fire from coastal defense sites in the vicinity of the Qua Viet River consisting of gunfire and rocket attacks. No damage sustained. DAVIDSON qualified for the Combat Action Ribbon.
5 May	Operations in vicinity of Hue , Vietnam conducting NGFS.
12 May	Expended of 1200 rounds during all night H & I missions north of Hue .
13 May	Provided NGFS support for airlift of 369 th SVN Marine Brigade north of HUEM operation Song Thanh
15 May	Assumed NGFS missions near Qui Nhon
17 May	Rendered assistance to SVN Navy WPB 718 which had received recoilless rifle hull damage and one personnel casualty
18 May	Received hostile fire from recoilless rifle site believed to be same that damaged WPB 718. DAVIDSON took under fire and silenced
19 May	Assumed escort / plane guard duties for USS KITTY HAWK
24 May	Entered Subic Bay , Phillipines for upkeep
31 May	Escort duties for USS KITTY HAWK
3 June	On NGFS duties at point Dianne as member of TU 70.8.9
6 June	Assumed shotgun duties for USS STERRETT
10 June	Assigned as escort to USS BIDDLE on North SAR Station
5 July	Assigned to NGFS duties – 10-11 July CBS-TV New Media Team embarked on DAVIDSON
17 July	In port Subic Bay , Phillipines for upkeep
29 July	Assigned to NGFS duties
25 Aug	Enroute to Sasebo , Japan
29 Aug	Upkeep at Sasebo , Japan , replaced gun barrels on 5 inch mounts
6 Sep	Enroute for NGFS near Quang Tri City , Vietnam
14 Sep	DAVIDSON expended 149 rounds in NGFS missions
16 Sep	DAVIDSON expended 246 rounds in NGFS missions.
24 Sep	Captain Shapero relieved Captain Wheeler as CO of DAVIDSON
28 Sep	DAVIDSON expended 128 rounds in all night H & I mission
7 Oct	DAVIDSON expended 108 rounds in all night H & I mission
17 Oct	Enroute to Hong Kong
19 Oct – 24 Oct	Inport Hong Kong
25 Oct	Enroute to Subic Bay, Phillipines
30 Oct	Enroute to Pearl Harbor , Hawaii arriving 10 Nov, 1972