According to Bill Andree, who sailed on Curlew in 1954, every boot camp company got to go out for a one day training exercise. In a note from Robert Nogueira, who spent a week on her in late 1956 or early 1957, she was still being used as part of a basic training program, and further he reports that he had been told that in 1960, she was even sailed by President Kennedy (this has not been confirmed).