Following a round-trip run to Eniwetok, "Rowe" steamed out of Tokyo Bay 18 November for Pearl Harbor and the United States. Touching at San Diego, Calif., "Rowe" transited the Panama Canal 17 December and reached Philadelphia, Pa. 23 December. Arriving Charleston, S.C. 20 March 1946, "Rowe" decommissioned 31 January 1947 and was berthed at Charleston as a unit of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. After almost 5 years, on 20 September 1951, "Rowe" was brought out of mothballs and recommissioned 5 October 1951. Following shakedown in the Guantanamo Bay area, "Rowe" conducted shore bombardment exercises at Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, and returned to Norfolk, Va. 12 March 1952 for local operations with DesDiv 322. In July she steamed to Halifax returning to Charleston in late August for a yard availability. Following further training exercises in the Caribbean in early 1953, she made a midshipman cruise to Europe during the summer, and, during the fall, she undertook hunter-killer antisubmarine warfare exercises with Task Group 81.2 in the Caribbean. On 20 April 1954 "Rowe", with ComDesRon 32 embarked, got underway for duty in the Far East. Steaming via Panama, she reached Yokosuka, Japan, 28 May 1954. Three days later she and "Fechteler" got underway for Sasebo, thence to Pusan for patrol duties. Arriving the same day, they relieved "Douglas H. Fox" and "Laffey" on Korean patrol. On 4 June "Rowe" assisted crash boats and aircraft in a search for a United States Air Force plane that had crashed between Korea and Japan. Six members of the plane's crew and passengers were rescued. "Rowe" then towed an Air Force seaplane, which was unable to take off in the rough seas, to port. On 28 August 1954, "Rowe" completed her tour with the Seventh Fleet and prepared for the homeward leg of her round-the-world journey. Steaming via Suez and the Mediterranean, the division arrived in Norfolk 28 October 1954. The following months were spent in tender availability, upkeep, leave and local operations. On 20 June 1955, while conducting high-speed night carrier operations with "Bennington", "Rowe" rescued a downed pilot. From 18 July through 19 September, "Rowe" participated in various CONVEX events and training exercises while operating with Commander, Anti-Submarine Warfare Forces, Atlantic Fleet.