She spent July entirely on the bombline, shifted briefly to TF 77, then steamed south for duty on the Taiwan Patrol.

During these tours she operated with the fast carrier task forces and had duty on the Taiwan Patrol, helping to stabilize the Chinese situation and protect vital American interests.

During this cruise she operated mainly in the Philippines, with a period on Taiwan Patrol in April and May 1955.

She served on Taiwan Patrol and took part in an amphibious exercise on Okinawa before arriving San Diego 27 March 1961.

During each of the tours she has served as station tanker at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, fueling the ships of the Taiwan Patrol.

Thereafter, she served on the Taiwan Patrol and in exercises off Japan and Okinawa.

On 26 May 1964 she again steamed for Yokosuka, Taiwan Patrol and after the August Gulf of Tonkin Incident, the South China Sea.

Operations on Taiwan Patrol and in the South China Sea continued throughout 1966, interrupted by participation in Gemini IX-A recovery operations in May and June.

She spent part of each deployment on the Taiwan Patrol and also participated in amphibious and other type exercises.

In her annual deployments from 1956 to 1959, Douglas A. Munro served both on the Taiwan Patrol, and in surveillance of the Trust Territories.