and steamed for Pusan en route to duty along the east coast of Korea. Arriving Riwon Harbor near Wonsan on 1 November Lipan planted channel buoys, retracted 23 damaged LSTs from the beach, and recovered lost anchors in Wonsan Harbor, then steamed north and laid buoys at Hŭngnam Harbor and Songjin Harbor. Returning to Wonsan on 26 November, she left the next day for Sasebo, Japan, and arrived the 30th. For the next two months the tug towed Army pontoon barges from Inchon to Taechon, Korea, or back to Sasebo. She sailed from Sasebo to Yokohama on 16 February with in tow, and steamed independently for Pearl Harbor the 18th, arriving on 1 March. After a three-month overhaul and towing missions to the Marshall Islands and Subic Bay, she departed Hawaii on 26 November for a six-month tour of duty at Apra Harbor, Guam, then returned to Pearl Harbor on 9 June 1952. For the next eleven months she again operated between Hawaii and the Marshalls. On 2 May 1953 the tug left Pearl Harbor for towing duty between Sasebo and various Korean ports such as Inchon, Pusan, and Wonsan. She returned to Hawaii on 19 November. Post-Korean War activity The Lipan was home ported in Pearl Harbor from 1954 to 1973 and San Diego until the ships decommissioning in July 1973. The tug continued to meet the towing and salvage needs of the U.S. Pacific Fleet from the west coast to the western Pacific. Assigned to the Military Sealift Command She was assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) 31 July 1973 and placed in service as USNS Lipan (T-ATF-85). On 5 August 1974 the fleet tug collided with the 634-foot tanker Atlantic Prestige in the Straits of Juan de Fuca between Vancouver Island and Washington state while towing another vessel. 26 of the 34 men aboard the tug were taken to Bellingham, Washington, and the tug was beached. On loan to the Coast Guard Lipan was placed out of service, c. 1980, and transferred on loan to the United States Coast Guard. She was commissioned, USCGC Lipan (WMEC-85) on 30 September 1980 and served the Coast Guard until she was decommissioned, on 31 March 1988 and returned to U.S. Naval custody. Decommissioning Lipan was struck from the Naval Register on 23 January 1989 and sunk as a target on 22 January 1990. Awards Lipan received two battle stars