 In between these tasks, she made her first cruise to European waters in the summer of 1952, calling at Lisbon, Portugal, and Arcachon, France, in June.Continuing her reserve training cruises off the east coast through the summer of 1955, "Tills" cruised to Europe again and, after calling once more at Lisbon, added Cadiz, Spain, to her itinerary.In 1956, the destroyer escort undertook a total of 13 naval reserve cruises.