Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan dawowarta zuwa aikin yammacin yammacin yamma a watan Janairun 1959, Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Amurka ta yanke shawarar yin amfani da mai ɗaukar jirgin sama kawai don yakin basasa. A ranar 30 ga Yuni 1959, ta zama mai dauke da jirgin sama mai dauke da jirgin sama (CVS-20). An sanya rukunin Jirgin Sama na Jirgin Sama na Jirgin Sama na 59 (CVSG-59) zuwa "Bennington" har sai an cire shi. A lokacin aikinta na huɗu a Gabas ta Tsakiya, wanda aka gudanar tsakanin Oktoba 1960 da Mayu 1961,
Rikicin Laos ya ɓarke. Bugu da ƙari, ta sami lambar yabo ta Rundunar Sojoji. Ƙarshe na ƙarshe na wannan lokacin an nuna shi ta hanyar komawa zuwa aikin al'ada, horo da kuma tashar jiragen ruwa.