 For the next three years, she operated along the eastern seaboard, made two cruises to the Caribbean, and one cruise with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean.On 15 May 1952, "Barton" departed Norfolk via the Panama Canal for Korea, Commander Harvey B. Seim in command, arriving at Yokosuka, Japan, on 18 June.She Joined Task Force 77 as a member of a hunter-killer group for operations along the east coast of Korea.