 When the Suez Crisis flared in the Middle East over Egypt's seizure of the Suez Canal in 1956, "Holder" steamed to join the 6th Fleet in operations.Again in 1958 "Holder" sailed to the Mediterranean in March and in July took part in the landings at Beirut, Lebanon.The veteran destroyer, reclassified DD-819 again on 7 August 1962, took part in another graphic demonstration of the importance of sea power, this time in the Western Hemisphere.