 Between 1955 and 1959 "George W. Goethals" continued a busy, far-ranging deployment schedule.During this period she deployed 18 times to ports in Western Europe and three times to the Mediterranean, and she completed 30 round trips to the Caribbean.Placed in a ready reserve status from 15 December 1958 to 21 February 1959, she made a run to Bremerhaven and back during February and March.