I muri i tana hokinga mai ki te mahi o te takutai ki te hauauru i te Hanuere 1959, i whakatau te US Navy ki te whakamahi i te kaikawe anake mo te pakanga anti-submarine. I te 30 o Hune 1959, ka riro ia hei kaipuke rererangi tautoko whawhai anti-submarine (CVS-20). I tukuna te Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 59 (CVSG-59) ki "Bennington" tae noa ki tana whakakorenga. I a ia e wha ana mahi i te Rawhiti ki tawhiti, i mahia i waenga o Oketopa 1960 me Mei 1961, ko te raru o Laos
i puta ake. Ano hoki, i whiwhi ia i te Tohu Whakangungu o te Ope Taua. Ko te whakamahinga whakamutunga o taua wa i whakaahuatia e te hokinga ki te mahi noa atu, te whakangungu me nga tauranga tauranga.