 Naden F. Stimac commanding the ship, only to be decommissioned again on 31 October 1957.This time the ship was stricken from the Naval Register on 14 January 1959 and transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for laying up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet.However, "Kennebec" was reacquired by the U.S. Navy and recommissioned on 16 December 1961.