"brough" reported to the boston navy yard for overhaul and modification to equipment in february 1955 and completed the refitting on 30 april 1955. in may "brough" spent two weeks at the portsmouth naval shipyard, maine, under-going a restricted availability. an intensive three-week refresher program at newport followed in june. on 9 july 1955 "brough" departed from norfolk, virginia on the first leg of midshipman cruise baker. this cruise included edinburgh, scotland; copenhagen, denmark; and finally guantanamo bay, cuba as ports-of-call. on completion of this cruise, on 3 september, "brough" was given a two-week upkeep and tender availability period in newport and then reported on 25 september 1955 to provide services to fleet sonar school, key west. upon returning to newport, in november "brough" was given a two-week availability alongside the "uss yosemite", followed by two weeks of type training out of newport. on 13 december 1955 the holiday leave started. this period also saw "brough"'s first berthing at the new destroyer pier number 1. on completion of one week of type training in the newport area "brough" moored alongside the "uss yosemite" on 30 january 1956 for ten days availability.