On 13 April 1954, the warship entered Yokosuka for upkeep following exercises in the Sea of Japan and preparatory to her return home.
Three days later, she began her transpacific passage.
She made the usual call at Pearl Harbor and tied up at Long Beach on May Day.

With one notable exception, Toledo's eighth deployment to the Far East set the pattern for all those to follow.
After almost five months of normal operations along the western coast of the United States, the cruiser cleared Long Beach on 14 September.
She stopped at Pearl Harbor on the 21st for five days of rest and relaxation and then continued her voyage to Yokosuka where she arrived on 7 November.
For the most part, her deployment consisted of training operations, goodwill calls at a number of ports, and general patrol and show-the-flag duties.
During this tour of duty, she visited Hong Kong, Kobe, Nagasaki, Beppu, Subic Bay, and Manila.

The single exception to this peaceful routine came in January 1955.
Toledo joined TF 77 in the waters between Taiwan and the communist Chinese mainland to support another evacuation of Nationalist Chinese forces — this time from the Tachen Islands.
She took station about 1,500 yards off the islands as flagship of the naval gunfire support group.
Throughout the operation, she and the other units of the group provided close-in support for the amphibious craft engaged in the actual evacuation.
At the completion of that operation, the cruiser resumed the duties which became her normal Far Eastern routine.

On 5 March 1955, she departed Japan in company with Pittsburgh (CA-72) to return to the United States and arrived in Long Beach 17 days later.
She conducted operations along the west coast until 16 June when she began a four-month overhaul at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton.
The cruiser resumed duty late in October and cruised the west coast until early in 1956.
On 13 April 1954, the warship entered Yokosuka for upkeep following exercises in the Sea of Japan and preparatory to her return home. Three days later, she began her transpacific passage. She made the usual call at Pearl Harbor and tied up at Long Beach on May Day.
With one notable exception, Toledo's eighth deployment to the Far East set the pattern for all those to follow. After almost five months of normal operations along the western coast of the United States, the cruiser cleared Long Beach on 14 September. She stopped at Pearl Harbor on the 21st for five days of rest and relaxation and then continued her voyage to Yokosuka where she arrived on 7 November. For the most part, her deployment consisted of training operations, goodwill calls at a number of ports, and general patrol and show-the-flag duties. During this tour of duty, she visited Hong Kong, Kobe, Nagasaki, Beppu, Subic Bay, and Manila.
The single exception to this peaceful routine came in January 1955. Toledo joined TF 77 in the waters between Taiwan and the communist Chinese mainland to support another evacuation of Nationalist Chinese forces — this time from the Tachen Islands. She took station about 1,500 yards off the islands as flagship of the naval gunfire support group. Throughout the operation, she and the other units of the group provided close-in support for the amphibious craft engaged in the actual evacuation. At the completion of that operation, the cruiser resumed the duties which became her normal Far Eastern routine.
On 5 March 1955, she departed Japan in company with Pittsburgh (CA-72) to return to the United States and arrived in Long Beach 17 days later. She conducted operations along the west coast until 16 June when she began a four-month overhaul at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton. The cruiser resumed duty late in October and cruised the west coast until early in 1956.
USS Toledo (CA-133)