 “The fleet will concentrate on testing new weapons and techniques, Murray said.”

During the next two decades, "Nereus" made occasional cruises to Pearl Harbor; to Acapulco, Mexico; and various west coast ports.In 1948 she was camera-ship photographing the sinking of cruiser some 130 miles off the west coast.In the spring of 1955, she accompanied submarines , and to Pearl Harbor and acted as observer ship and advance base headquarters during the first firing of operational missiles from submarines.