The destroyer spent the remainder of 1967 undergoing availability and in leave and upkeep.

She was undergoing availability when she received word of the Japanese surrender.

The remainder of the time, she either operated off the coast of Florida or was in port undergoing restricted availability.

Upon her return to Norfolk, the ship underwent restricted availability from 4 May until 16 July.

In early May she underwent availability at Ulithi, then served as radar picket ship north of that base.

She arrived on 3 June and remained for over two and one-half months undergoing extended availability.

During two weeks in that port, she underwent availability and prepared for her first Atlantic crossing.

Wesson remained there undergoing availability for the remainder of the month.

The ship then underwent restricted availability from 18 to 19 August.

On the 11th, the destroyer anchored in Oro Bay and underwent availability.