Pago Pago and resumed her voyage to Melbourne, where she arrived on 9 June 1948. She departed for Perth in Western Australia on 11 June, arriving there on 18 June 1948. After a four-day stay, she put to sea once again on 22 June 1948 bound for Guam in the Mariana Islands. She arrived at Guam on 4 July 1948, where she underwent repairs. After their completion, she rendered services to surface ships and aircraft in the Guam area from 16 to 22 July 1948, then departed for Pagan in the Mariana Islands, where she conducted shore bombardment exercises and landed stores and passengers for United States Marine Corps forces stationed there. Her next port of call was Yokosuka, Japan, where she arrived on 27 July 1948. she also made stops at Tsingtao, China, and Buckner Bay on Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands. Bugara was conducting antisubmarine warfare exercises off Okinawa on 9 August 1948 when Tropical Storm Chris struck with winds as high as . In company with ships of Destroyer Squadron 1, which formed an evasion group, Bugara proceeded south to avoid the tropical storm. On 10 August 1948, having gotten off the track of the storm, Bugara set course for Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, arriving there on 19 August 1948. After a brief stay, she set course for Pearl Harbor, which she reached on 24 August 1948. Throughout the remainder of 1948 and until August 1949, Bugara engaged in local operations in Hawaiian waters from Pearl Harbor, providing services to many ships and aircraft in the area and engaging in training of her own crew. On 13 August 1949 Bugara departed Pearl Harbor for overhaul at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California. She returned to Pearl Harbor on 3 January 1950 and subsequently engaged in local operations in Hawaiian waters. Korean War While Bugara was in Hawaii, the Korean War broke out on 25 June 1950 when North Korean forces invaded South Korea. In September 1950, she departed Pearl Harbor for the Far East, where she supported United Nations forces fighting on the Korean Peninsula. She suffered damage while in Japan, and had to cut her tour short to return to Pearl Harbor for repairs. After completion of her repairs and the end of the Christmas holiday season in late December 1950, Bugara once more departed for the Far East, where she again