and 1952, Currier was on the west coast and in the Hawaiian Islands, concentrating on anti-submarine warfare training. On 19 April 1952, she sailed from San Diego for duty in the Western Pacific, patrolling off the east coast of Korea and in the Taiwan Straits, and participating in hunter-killer exercises in Japanese waters. Returning to San Diego on 6 September, she served as sonar school training ship until 20 May 1954 when she began her fourth Far Eastern cruise. Currier returned to San Diego on 7 September 1954 to resume local operations, primarily with the Fleet Sonar School, until being placed out of commission in reserve at San Francisco on 4 April 1960. Disposal Currier was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 December 1966. The submarine sank her as a target with a Mark 14 Mod 5 torpedo in the Pacific Ocean off California on 11 July 1967. Awards American Campaign Medal European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one battle star for World War II service Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with one battle star for World War II service World War II Victory Medal National Defense Service Medal Korean Service Medal with one service star for Korean War service United Nations Korea Medal (United Nations) Korean War Service Medal (Republic of Korea) References External links Navsource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive - USS Currier (DE-700) Asa Wayne Arrington Papers (#849), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. Materials concerning World War II veterans of the destroyer escort USS Currier (DE-700). Buckley-class destroyer escorts 1943 ships Ships built in Bay City, Michigan Maritime incidents in 1967 Ships sunk as targets Shipwrecks of the California coast Shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean