 Meanwhile, "Barton" and "Soley" anchored in Sitrah Harbor, Bahrain, and stood by in case a need arose to evacuate Americans from the region.Operating from Bahrain, "Barton" spent the next two months anchored at night and conducting tactical and gunnery drills by day.Finally, on 12 December, the destroyer received orders directing her around the Cape of Good Hope to Norfolk, where she tied up on 5 February 1957.