Stoddard remained inactive, berthed with the Charleston Group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, until November 1950, when she was reactivated.
She was recommissioned on 9 March 1951, Commander Eli T. Reich in command.
She fitted out at Charleston and Newport, R.I., and then conducted shakedown cruises at Newport and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Stoddard alternated deployments with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea with overhauls at Philadelphia and operations along the Atlantic seaboard of the United States until December 1954, when she transited the Panama Canal and joined the Pacific Fleet.

In January 1955, she embarked upon her first deployment to the western Pacific since World War II.
Soon after her arrival, she participated in the evacuation of Chinese Nationalists from the Tachen Islands.
Following that operation, she served on the Taiwan Strait patrol.
Stoddard followed a schedule of deployments to the Far East alternated with west coast operations throughout the remainder of her career.
During the first 10 years, she concentrated on the South China Sea-Taiwan Strait area because that was the major trouble spot for the United States in the western Pacific, although in 1961, the Laotian crisis brought her to the southeast Asia area, where she would soon concentrate all her efforts.
During her time in port in San Diego, she appeared in the 1963 movie A Ticklish Affair.
Stoddard remained inactive, berthed with the Charleston Group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, until November 1950, when she was reactivated. She was recommissioned on 9 March 1951, Commander Eli T. Reich in command. She fitted out at Charleston and Newport, R.I., and then conducted shakedown cruises at Newport and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Stoddard alternated deployments with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea with overhauls at Philadelphia and operations along the Atlantic seaboard of the United States until December 1954, when she transited the Panama Canal and joined the Pacific Fleet.
In January 1955, she embarked upon her first deployment to the western Pacific since World War II. Soon after her arrival, she participated in the evacuation of Chinese Nationalists from the Tachen Islands. Following that operation, she served on the Taiwan Strait patrol. Stoddard followed a schedule of deployments to the Far East alternated with west coast operations throughout the remainder of her career. During the first 10 years, she concentrated on the South China Sea-Taiwan Strait area because that was the major trouble spot for the United States in the western Pacific, although in 1961, the Laotian crisis brought her to the southeast Asia area, where she would soon concentrate all her efforts. During her time in port in San Diego, she appeared in the 1963 movie A Ticklish Affair.
USS Stoddard (DD-566)