Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan dawowarta daga Turai a watan Agusta 1958 ta fara watanni 16 na horo da aikin gwaji tare da Rukunin Ci gaban Mai Rushewa wanda aka tsara don haɓaka ƙarfin yaƙinta don rundunar sojan ruwa ta zamani. A watan Maris na 1960 ta shiga Boston Naval Shipyard don fara gyaran gyare-gyare da gyare-gyare (FRAM), wanda ya hada da gyare-gyare da kuma shigar da jirgin sama mai saukar ungulu da jirgin sama. Da yake fitowa tare da karuwar rayuwar rayuwa, jirgin ya shiga cikin motsa jiki na anti-submarine a watan Janairun 1961, ciki har da amfani da sabon jirgin sama mai saukar ungulu na DASH. "Hugh Purvis" sa'an nan kuma ya tashi a ranar 8 ga Maris don ta shida a tura shi zuwa Bahar Rum. A lokacin wannan tafiya jirgin ruwa ya tsaya a kowane hali yayin zurfafa rikicin Berlin.
Ka yi haƙuri. Jirgin ya koma Newport a ranar 4 ga Oktoba, 1961.