The ship was removed from American service and transferred to Taiwan and commissioned on 1 March 1999 in the Republic of China Navy as ROCS Da Juen (ARS-556).

Transferred to the east coast in October 1953, Recovery arrived at her new homeport, Norfolk, Virginia, on the 11th only to depart soon after for her first tour in northern latitudes in support of MSTS North Atlantic and Arctic resupply programs.

In February 1961 the Arctic came to Chesapeake Bay and Recovery assisted Coast Guard vessels in clearing heavy ice congestion and aiding stranded merchantmen.

Salvage operations then took Recovery north to assist USS Luiseno and other vessels in pulling decommissioned destroyer Baldwin off the beach at Montauk Point, New York.

Between August and November she supported the Arctic resupply program; then, in 1962, provided target towing service before returning to Florida for Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's February orbital mission.

In September she sailed to Scotland to participate in exercise "Teamwork", thence proceeded to Spain for "Steel Pike", the largest peacetime amphibious operation.

In 1967 she again sailed north for extended operations in northern latitudes, returning to Norfolk in October, after a goodwill visit to Montreal, Quebec, Canada.