 During this period she continued to base at the New York Shipyard, Brooklyn, and to periodically pick up cable at Newington, New Hampshire.She decommissioned at New York 30 April 1959, and her name was struck from the Navy List 1 May 1959.She was transferred to Portugal under the Military Assistance Program; delivered on 16 November 1959; and commissioned 18 November as "Medusa" (A 5214).