The destroyer continued this pattern of operations for the years that followed. In June–July 1949 "Holder" took part in a midshipman training cruise to northern Europe and upon her return moved her home port from Newport to Norfolk. Her classification was changed to DDE-819 on 4 March 1950, but she continued to alternate cruises to Europe and the Mediterranean with periods of training and upkeep out of Norfolk and the Caribbean. When the Suez Crisis flared in the Middle East over Egypt's seizure of the Suez Canal in 1956, "Holder" steamed to join the 6th Fleet in operations. Again in 1958 "Holder" sailed to the Mediterranean in March and in July took part in the landings at Beirut, Lebanon.