 In the eastern Pacific throughout 1948, she returned to Tsingtao in 1949 only to be one of the last three American ships to leave that port before it fell to the Communists.Returning to San Diego in December for operations in the eastern Pacific and overhaul, she departed San Diego on 13 November 1950 to operate with United Nations Command forces fighting the Korean War.She escorted the aircraft carrier from Sasebo, Japan to Hŭngnam, Korea; then, from 14 May 1951, operated with blockade and escort Task Force 95 (TF 95) off the west coast of Korea and in the Yellow Sea.