Departing the Ryukyus early in the month, she visited Hong Kong, then continued on to the United States.

Operations servicing amphibious ships then took the ARL to the ports of Nagoya, Sasebo, Buckner Bay, and Nagasaki.

At the end of May, she shifted to Inchon, Korea, where she was assigned station ship and repair facility duty in support of UN forces in the area.

Struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 October 1960, she was transferred, under the terms of the Military Assistance Program, to the Republic of the Philippines in November 1961, and recommissioned as BRP Aklan (AR-67).

[3] This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.