Editing USS Algol (AKA-54) (section)

===Pacific Fleet, 1953&ndash;1958===
Training and amphibious exercises – broken only by a repair period at the [[Todd Pacific Shipyards|Todd Shipyard]] at [[Alameda, California]], that summer – filled her time throughout the year 1953 and into the second month of 1954. On 19 February 1954, ''Algol'' departed the west coast bound for Japan. She entered port at Yokosuka on 9 March. In April, the ship participated in exercises at [[Iwo Jima]], and June brought another series of exercises at Okinawa. The usual round of port visits and exercises followed. Early in August, she concluded a two-week visit at Hong Kong and headed – via Subic Bay – to [[Da Nang|Tourane]] and [[Hai Phong]] in [[North Vietnam]]. At those ports, the attack cargo ship embarked non-communist refugees and carried them south to [[Ho Chi Minh City|Saigon]] in [[South Vietnam]]. "[[Operation Passage to Freedom]]" came on the heels of the [[First Indochina War|defeat of the French]] by the [[Viet Minh]] and the [[Partition of Vietnam|division of the Vietnamese portion]] of Indochina into the communist north and the republican south. She made three voyages between the north and the south by 12 September at which time she headed back to Yokosuka. On 21 September, ''Algol'' shaped a course back to the United States. She entered San Francisco, California, on 7 October 1954.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

Later that month, she moved south to her new home port, San Diego. Normal west coast operations, including a series of amphibious exercises, carried her through the remainder of 1954 and well into 1955. In August 1955, the attack cargo ship entered the [[Mare Island Naval Shipyard]] for a regular overhaul. She completed repairs in November and, after refresher training out of San Diego, resumed normal operations out of her home port. That occupation lasted a little more than two years. On 2 January 1958, she was decommissioned and assigned to the [[United States Navy reserve fleets|Bremerton Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet]].{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}