Sitka, Alaska
On 1 May 1954 "Sorrel" was reassigned to Sitka, Alaska for maintaining navigational aids, search and rescue missions, ice breaking, law and treaty enforcement and enforcement of U.S. territorial waters. On 12–13 September 1956 assisted fishing vessel "Valencia" near Sitka, Alaska, on 18 June 1958 assisted fishing vessel "Guardian" 120 miles west of Sitka, and on 10–11 July 1958 assisted residents at Lituya Bay and Yakutat Bay following an earthquake in the region. On October 22, 1962 "Sorrel" assisted in the successful rescue of 95 passengers of a Northwest Airlines DC-7C that crashed near Sitka, Alaska.