 Units of the U.S. 6th Fleet had landed U.S. Marines at request of Lebanese President Chamoun who wished to prevent a coup against his regime by communist oriented insurgents.While operating in the Mideast, she twice steamed through the Suez Canal, for cargo runs to Karachi, Pakistan.Returning to New York 3 January 1959, "Haiti Victory" made another Mediterranean cruise prior to assignment in the Pacific.