 Following further training exercises in the Caribbean in early 1953, she made a midshipman cruise to Europe during the summer, and, during the fall, she undertook hunter-killer antisubmarine warfare exercises with Task Group 81.2 in the Caribbean.On 20 April 1954 "Rowe", with ComDesRon 32 embarked, got underway for duty in the Far East.Steaming via Panama, she reached Yokosuka, Japan, 28 May 1954.