31. She took radar picket station some 50 miles from Ulithi from 10 to 13 August. 32. The warship completed her last tour of duty as a radar picket on 23 June. 33. She was converted to a radar picket escort vessel and reclassified DER-331 on 28 September 1954. 34. The final weeks of her patrol were spent on radar picket station south of Hainan Island. 35. The radar picket mission was vital, but it was also costly to the ships performing it. 36. Her other tasks included patrol and radar picket . 37. In January 1948, designated a radar picket destroyer. 38. It was planned to employ converted radar picket submarines should the invasion of Japan become necessary. 39. Ten fleet submarines were converted for this role 1946-53 and redesignated SSR as radar picket submarines. 40. She also performed radar picket and screen operations.
