in the fall of 1952 "brough" participated in joint nato operations in the atlantic and visited various european ports including bergen, norway; greenwich, scotland; cherbourg, france; and various caribbean ports. returning in november "brough" reported for scheduled shipyard overhaul in philadelphia until the end of february. on 31 january 1953 commander hulings was relieved by lieutenant commander d. w. abercrombie, iii, of massachusetts. after a week of "shakedown" she steamed to guantanamo bay, cuba for refresher training. despite a green crew, "brough"’s training progress was such that she was released one week early; the only ship thus privileged during 1953.