 For the next 2 years she engaged in amphibious exercises along the West Coast, Hawaii, and in the Far East.After her 1956-1957 WestPac tour, she returned to the West Coast 31 August, then decommissioned at Mare Island 2 January 1958.She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register 17 April and was sunk as a fleet practice target off the coast of California 26 September 1958.