Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Johnston" ya bar Newport a ranar 7 ga Janairu, 1953, don ayyukan NATO a Arewacin Atlantic. Kafin tafiya don aiki a cikin Bahar Rum a ranar 16 ga Maris "Johnston" ya taimaka wa Yaren mutanen Holland bayan hadari a cikin Tekun Arewa ya haifar da ambaliyar ruwa
a cikin Netherlands; ma'aikatan jirgin sun ba da gudummawar ɗakunan tufafi masu dumi da fiye da $ 1,200 ga waɗanda guguwar ta shafa. Ya yi aiki a cikin Bahar Rum har zuwa ranar 8 ga Mayu lokacin da ya tashi zuwa Newport, ya isa ranar 18 ga Mayu.