 She supported American troops in the Korean War in the early 1950s and performed similar service in the Vietnam War in the mid-1960s.On 4 November 1968, "General Hugh J. Gaffey" was transferred to the Maritime Administration on a temporary basis to be laid up with the National Defense Reserve Fleet facility at Suisun Bay, California.On 31 August 1969 she was transferred permanently to Maritime Administration custody.