on 4 september 1956, "brough" departed newport, r.i. to join task force 43 in operation deepfreeze ii. steaming independently by way of the panama canal, "brough" reached dunedin, new zealand one month later. from october 1956 to march 1957, "brough" operated out of dunedin on her assigned picket station at 57° south - 170° east. her assignment: act as weather reporting, communication and search and rescue ship in an area where high winds and forty foot waves were not uncommon. the pattern of operations was five or six days in port, nineteen to twenty-one days at sea. en route to station "brough" occasionally made calls at isolated campbell island, new zealand.