 Rakazoendeswa kuWest Pacific muna 1959 uye rakabva raita maekisesaizi pedyo neBorneo neKorea muna June naAugust gore iroro. Achipindana pakati pemhenderekedzo yokumadokero neWestPac, Thomaston akabatanidzwa purogiramu yakabatikana yemabasa uye kufamba-famba muma1960. Mukati mokunetsekana kwamarudzi ose kwakaparirwa nokuwanwa kwenzvimbo dzezvombo zveRussia neUnited StatesmuCuba, Thomaston yakafamba nomumugero wePanama ichienda kuCaribbean ndokubatira pamwe chete neAtlantic Fleet kutozosvikira kunetsana kwapera nokubviswa kwamaroketi. Akabva adzokera kuSan Diego musi wa15 December 1962. 