sentences:  On 23 June 1958 "Piedmont" departed San Diego and steamed for Yokosuka via Pearl Harbor, arriving there 12 July.When the Lebanon crisis in the Middle East erupted, "Piedmont" steamed 15 July for Subic Bay to stand ready and alerted to participate, if needed, in the Middle East action.On 28 August 1958 "Piedmont" steamed to Kaohsiung, Taiwan, to tend 7th Fleet units engaged in convoy and patrol duty in the Taiwan Straits to prevent Communist capture of the off-shore island of Quemoy.