"Firedrake"s mission did not end after the Korean armistice of July 1953, as the warships of Task Force 77 continued operations off Korea to enforce the terms of the ceasefire and began patrols elsewhere in the western Pacific. Her third WestPac tour (15 January - 17 August 1954), for example, took the ammunition further south to Subic Bay, Philippines, as part of Logistic Support Group Baker and replenishment operations in the South China Sea. During her fourth deployment (3 January - 10 June 1955), "Firedrake" took part in the 6–13 February evacuation of 29,000 Chinese Nationalist troops and civilians from the Tachen Islands off the coast of China. She then operated out of Subic Bay and visited Hong Kong before returning to San Francisco on 10 June.