On 10 June 1968, Stoddard joined and for her last Westpac Cruise. She arrived at Hawaii on 16 June. After fuel stops at Midway and Guam islands, she arrived at Subic Bay in the Philippines on 3 July. Stoddard was a plane guard for the carrier in the Gulf of Tonkin and provided gunfire support for troops ashore in the vicinity of Huế, South Vietnam. After stops in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Sasebo, Japan, Stoddard returned home on 7 December 1968.
