 She then returned to Norfolk, where she was placed in reserve, but still in commission, in August 1953.Taken to Philadelphia, Pa. later that same month, "Van Valkenburgh" remained in reserve at that port until she was decommissioned on 26 February 1954.Transferred on loan to the Government of Turkey on 28 February 1967, "Van Valkenburgh" became TCG "İzmir" (D 341) and operated with the Turkish Navy into the early 1970s.