▁City , ▁North ▁Carolina ▁on ▁ 2 4 ▁January ▁ 1 9 4 9 . ▁The ▁following ▁ 1 5 ▁months ▁were ▁spent ▁training ▁off ▁the ▁east ▁coast , ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁Car ib bean . ▁ ▁She ▁depart ed ▁More head ▁City ▁on ▁ 2 ▁May ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁for ▁her ▁third ▁tour ▁of ▁duty ▁with ▁the ▁ 6 th ▁Fle et . ▁Rece iving ▁orders ▁to ▁support ▁United ▁Nations ▁action ▁in ▁Korea ▁in ▁August , ▁she ▁trans ited ▁the ▁S uez ▁Canal , ▁arriv ing ▁at ▁K obe , ▁Japan ▁on ▁ 9 ▁September ▁ 1 9 5 0 . ▁An ch ored ▁off ▁In ch on , ▁she ▁dis emb ark ed ▁troops ▁and ▁cargo ▁from ▁ 8 ▁to ▁ 1 6 ▁October ▁ 1 9 5 0 . ▁After ▁a ▁voyage ▁to ▁K obe ▁she ▁emb ark ed ▁troops ▁at ▁In ch on , ▁dis emb ark ing ▁them ▁at ▁W ons an ▁on ▁the ▁east ▁coast . ▁Then ▁she ▁sa iled ▁to ▁Ch inn am po , ▁the ▁port ▁city ▁of ▁the ▁North ▁Korean ▁capital , ▁to ▁emb ark ▁refuge es . ▁She ▁continued ▁to ▁operate ▁between ▁H ŭ ng nam ▁and ▁W ons an , ▁and ▁the ▁port ▁of ▁P us an ▁until ▁returning ▁to ▁Japan ▁on ▁ 2 9 ▁December ▁ 1 9 5 0 . ▁She ▁sa iled ▁between ▁Korea ▁and ▁Japan ▁for ▁three ▁months , ▁before ▁sail ing ▁home , ▁arriv ing ▁San ▁Diego , ▁on ▁ 2 8 ▁April ▁ 1