in november 1953, "brough", as flagship for commander escort squadron fourteen participated in operation spring board in the caribbean and visited san juan, puerto rico; ciudad trujillo, dominican republic; and saint thomas, u.s. virgin islands. "brough" returned to newport, in december, for the christmas leave period, and then operated on a daily basis from newport. in march 1954 "brough" again returned to key west until july for another tour of asw training sea phase.