the return trip to key west represented another "achievement", "first" destroyer escort to circumnavigate the world alone. ports of call during the next 66 days included perth, australia; colombo, ceylon; aden, arabia; athens, greece; naples, italy; cannes, france; barcelona, spain and gibraltar. arriving in key west, florida on 14 april 1959, a two-week tender availability period was followed by leave and upkeep lasting until 22 may. following this, "brough" deployed for ten days off puerto rico as a missile recovery ship for the famous jupiter missile that carried two monkeys, alfa and bravo, into space. "brough"’s commanding officer was in command of the recovery group.