ɹoʊtˈeɪɾᵻd ɹˈɛɡjʊlɚli tə dˈuːɾi wɪððə sˈɪksθ flˈiːt, ɹˈɪtʃ ˈɑːpɚɹˌeɪɾᵻd dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti z ænd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti z pɹˈɪnsɪpəli ˈɔf ðɪ ˈiːst kˈoʊsts ʌvðə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd stˈeɪts ænd kˈænədə, ɪnðə kˌæɹəbˈiən, ænd ɪnðə mˌɛdɪɾɪɹˈeɪniən.
Rotated regularly to duty with the 6th Fleet, Rich operated during the 1950s and 1960s principally off the east coasts of the United States and Canada, in the Caribbean, and in the Mediterranean.