In 1952, Whitehurst collided with the submarine during antisubmarine warfare exercises south of Barbers Point, Oahu, Hawaii [REF].
After a period of local operations out of Pearl Harbor, Whitehurst headed back to the Far East and touched at Guam, Formosa, Hong Kong, and Sasebo, Japan, before representing the United States Navy at the graduation ceremonies of the Republic of Korea Naval Academy on 10 April.