 She put in San Diego, California, on 21 December, bound for Newport, Rhode Island, her assigned home port, where she arrived on 19 March 1947.During her nine years with the Atlantic Fleet, "Everett F. Larson" completed seven tours of duty with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean, patrolling the Near East during the crisis over the Palestine partition and joining in NATO training cruises in 1948 and 1955, and participated in antisubmarine warfare activities off the east coast, as well as training in the Caribbean.On 28 June 1956, "Everett F. Larson" arrived at Long Beach, California, her home port for duty in the Pacific Fleet.