She departed Long Beach 4 March, for the Far East, touched the Hawaiian Islands, and arrived Yokosuka, Japan, 4 April.

A unit of Mine Squadron 3, Phoebe spent the next eight years in a rigorous schedule of minehunting and warfare tactics with the US 7th Fleet.

Most of the rest of the year she operated out of Sasebo, with a combined US-Republic of China mine exercise in September, and more "Market Time" service in November.

Most of the rest of the year she operated out of Sasebo, with a "Market Time" patrol in September and October, during which she boarded 201 junks and a US-Korean mine exercise in November.

[2] Phoebe was decommissioned, 14 December 1970, struck from the Naval Vessel Register, 1 July 1975, and was disposed of through the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service for scrap, 1 September 1976.