USS Strive (AM-117) - Recommissioning

Recommissioning

Strive was recommissioned on 1 January 1952. After refresher training in the San Diego Bay area, she sailed for South Carolina, via Acapulco, Mexico, Panama, and Guantanamo Bay, arriving at Charleston, South Carolina, on 19 April. She operated between Charleston and Norfolk until 25 August when she commenced operations with the Atlantic Fleet.

Strive visited Falmouth, England, in September and moved on into the Mediterranean in October. She spent most of the next 14 months there, making port calls at Naples, Piraeus, La Spezia, Golfe Juan, Lisbon, Toulon, and other exotic ports.