 Returning to Long Beach, California, 16 June for overhaul, "Cree" operated alternately at Pearl Harbor and in the Pacific islands and along the west coast until 4 August 1959, when she sailed for duty based on Sasebo, Japan, until 19 December.She returned to west coast operations through September 1960 when she sailed for her 1960-61 Far Eastern tour of duty.In May 1955 "Cree" participated in Operation Wigwam, an underwater atomic test off of the coast of California.