Kammala wannan jumla: "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 Arewacin Tekun ya
ya haifar da ambaliyar ruwa mai yawa a Netherlands; ma'aikatanta sun ba da kyautar tufafi masu dumi da fiye da $ 1,200 ga wadanda 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.