Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin Janairu 1955, ta fara aiki na farko zuwa yammacin Pacific tun lokacin yakin duniya na biyu. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan isowarta, ta shiga cikin kwashe 'yan kasar Sin daga tsibirin Tachen. Bayan wannan aikin, ta yi aiki a kan sintiri na Taiwan Strait. "Stoddard" ya bi jadawalin turawa zuwa Gabas ta Tsakiya ya canza tare da ayyukan yammacin gabar teku a duk sauran ayyukanta. A cikin shekaru 10 na farko, ta mai da hankali kan yankin Tekun Kudancin China-Taiwan Strait saboda wannan shine babban matsalar matsalar Amurka a yammacin Pacific, kodayake a 1961, rikicin Laos
ya kawo ta yankin kudu maso gabashin Asiya, inda ba da daɗewa ba za ta mai da hankali ga duk ƙoƙarin ta. A lokacinta a tashar jiragen ruwa a San Diego, ta bayyana a cikin fim din 1963 "A Ticklish Affair".