Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i tana hokinga ki te mahi noa i te takutai 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 te wā o tana haerenga tuatoru i te Tai Rāwhiti, i mahia i waenganui i te Oketopa 1960 me Mei 1961, ko te
I puta te raru o Laos. 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.