She was re-classified a radar picket destroyer, DDR-808, on 18 March 1949. She then operated along the eastern seaboard from Norfolk to NS Argentia, Newfoundland and sailed from Newport on 15 April for a tour of duty in the Mediterranean with the 6th Fleet, returning to Newport on 6 October for local and Caribbean operations. From April to October 1951 she cruised to northern Europe, visiting Plymouth, Liverpool, and Weymouth, England; Bremerhaven, Germany; Antwerp, Belgium; and Cork, Ireland and Derry, Northern Ireland.