During this time, she helped keep the Japanese unaware of the United States' strategic intentions involving the western Aleutians and from February to June, contributed to bombardments in the Kuril Islands.

In the early morning on 9 April, while on her fire support station, a Japanese army Maru-ni, suicide boat, dropped a depth charge close to the ship, off Okinawa in position.

On 21 May 1946 she was placed out of commission and in reserve at Long Beach, California Charles J. Badger was recommissioned 10 September 1951, and in February 1952 arrived at her new home port, Newport, R.I. From this base, she operated along the east coast and in the Caribbean, maintaining and providing services for the training of other types.

She escorted transports bringing prisoners of war who had elected to join the Chinese Nationalists from Inchon to Taiwan and took part in training operations off Japan until 22 May 1954, when she continued on around the world.

Visits at Hong Kong, Singapore, Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Naples, Villefranche-sur-Mer, and Lisbon, through the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean to Newport, where she arrived 17 July.