Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 31 ga Oktoba, 1956, "Sturtevant" ya shiga Philadelphia Naval Shipyard don canzawa zuwa jirgin ruwa mai ba da gudummawa na radar. Tsarin gyare-gyare ya ci gaba har zuwa ranar 5 ga Oktoba, 1957, lokacin da aka sake dawo da shi a matsayin DER-239. A ranar 7 ga Fabrairun 1958, ta tashi daga Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, zuwa Tekun Pacific, ta tsaya a Newport, Rhode Island; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Rodman
a yankin Canal na Panama; Acapulco, Mexico; da San Diego, California, kafin ya isa Pearl Harbor a ranar 18 ga Maris. Bayan kammala ƙarin horo a Hawaii, ta zama ɗaya daga cikin jiragen ruwa na asali na Pacific Early Warning Barrier.