 Going west via Norfolk, "Hamul" reached Sasebo, Japan on 23 October and began servicing the fleet operating off the Korean coast.From that period on "Hamul"s career fell into a pattern of six months duty in the East, which took her to the Philippines, Hong Kong, Formosa, and other Asian ports and islands, alternating with a similar period of time in her home port, Long Beach.During the active fighting in Korea and the Cold War afterwards, she played a vital role in maintaining America's mobile presence in the Pacific.