Buuxi weedha soo socota: Oktoobar 31, 1956, "Sturtevant" waxay gashay Philadelphia Naval Shipyard si loogu beddelo markab ilaaliye ah. Nidaamka beddelidda wuxuu socday ilaa 5 Oktoobar 1957, markii dib loogu soo celiyay DER-239. 7 Febraayo 1958, waxay ka baxday Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, oo ku sii jeeday Badweynta Baasifigga, waxay ku soo xirtay Newport, Rhode Island; San Juan, Puerto Rico;
Rodman ee aagga kanaalka Panama; Acapulco, Mexico; iyo San Diego, California, ka hor inta aysan gaarin Pearl Harbor 18-kii Maarso. Markii ay tababar dheeraad ah ku soo dhamaysatay Hawaii, waxay noqotay mid ka mid ah maraakiibta asalka ah ee Barrier Early Warning Barrier.