"Whitesand Bay" resumed Flotilla duties on 18 January 1950, taking part in local exercises, and in joint RN/USN exercises in February and March at Subic Bay before sailing to Singapore, where she was deployed for patrols off east coast of Malaya in support of military operations against insurgents. After further exercises and patrols in the Formosa Strait "Whitesand Bay" refitted at Hong Kong in June–July, before being detached for service with the United Nations off Korea in August.