 She was reclassified DDR-817, 9 April 1953.Recommissioned 9 January 1954, "Corry" carried NROTC midshipmen on a cruise to New Orleans, Louisiana, and through the Panama Canal for operations at Balboa in the summer of 1954.From September 1954 through 1960 "Corry" alternated four tours of duty with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean with operations out of Norfolk along the east coast, and exercises in the Caribbean.