 Then ordered inactivated, she proceeded to Orange, Texas, where she decommissioned and joined the Reserve Fleet on 23 December 1947.Recommissioned 15 February 1950, "Requisite" was assigned to hydrographic survey duties.She reported to the Atlantic Fleet for duty on 1 March and for the next three years she spent the winter survey season operating in the Caribbean and the warmer months off Labrador and Greenland.