early warning system. At this time, her two 5-inch 38 guns were replaced with two 3-inch 50's. She reported to Newport, Rhode Island as part of ComCorTron 16, 19 February 1957 and operated from that port to Argentia, Newfoundland and into the North Atlantic through 1962. In 1962 and 1963 the Camp operated out of Greenock, Scotland. During picket duty in the Irish sea she broke off a large section of external bilge keel. Emergency repairs were made at sea to stop the fuel oil leak. In 1964 & 1965 she served off of Cuba as a Radar Picket Ship tracking Russian Convoys and rescuing Cuban refugees that had fled the island. Vietnam In 1965, Camp was sent to Vietnamese waters for coastal patrol and interdiction by the U.S. Navy (Operation Market Time). On 7 August 1967, Camp was notified that the Viet Cong were overrunning the Republic of Vietnam Navy Naval Junk Base 16 on the Song Trà Khúc River. At flank speed Camp sped to the aid of the Vietnamese and an American Adviser. Camp was directed to assume the duties of Operational Scene Commander and provide gunfire support as required, Arriving on the scene within the hour, Camp was unable to fire as spotters were not available and targets unidentified. As it was tactically infeasible to support a counter-offensive, Camp directed PCFs to enter the river and evacuate wounded personnel. For the next three nights, Camp provided star shell illumination to the base as it braced itself against further attack until its defenders had adequately rebuilt their defenses. At dawn on 7 August 1967, Camp was off the mouth of the Song Trà Khúc . A PCF made Camps starboard side, her decks crowded with wounded Vietnamese. As one PCF patrol boat raced to the ship, a Vietnamese woman gave birth to a child; Camp treated 15 wounded Vietnamese including a U.S. Naval Advisor and a tiny Vietnamese baby. Camp called U.S. Army medical helicopters to the scene for evacuation of all wounded. Controlling the helicopters which hovered over the fantail hoisting aboard the injured was a delicate operation as the wounded were evacuated to a U.S. Army hospital in Quảng Ngai. In addition to the evacuated patients, Camp directed PCF's to take 25 other evacuees to Chu Lai. Assigned to Taiwan Patrol duties in late September 1967, Camp proceeded to Kaohsiung to relieve the . After