 On 17 February, she departed Genoa in company with the Italian cruiser "Vittorio Veneto" to participate in National Week XV, a multinational naval exercise of broad scope conducted across the Central Mediterranean.In addition to the Americans and Italians, units of the Greek and Turkish navies also participated in drills and battle exercises extending westward from Crete to the Strait of Messina between Sicily and the toe of the Italian boot.After National Week XV, "Wainwright" punctuated a series of Sixth Fleet ASW and AAW exercises with visits to many of the ports already mentioned as well as at Athens, Civitavecchia, Livorno, and Golfe Juan.