Returning to Philadelphia on 21 November—via Pearl Harbor and the Panama Canal—"Worcester" later spent six days at Norfolk, 23 to 29 November, before she was overhauled at the Boston Naval Shipyard from 1 December 1950 to 20 March 1951. After another brief period at Norfolk from 22 to 30 March, the light cruiser operated at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on refresher training for nearly a month before she headed back to Norfolk. Departing that port on 15 May, "Worcester" headed for the Mediterranean and her third deployment to the 6th Fleet.