One year later she was again operating in the Far East during the First Taiwan Strait Crisis. When People's Republic of China artillery threatened Nationalist Chinese positions on the islands, the veteran LST and other 7th Fleet units evacuated forces and supplies to Formosa. On 1 July 1955 "LST-802" was redesignated USS "Hamilton County" (LST-802), then operated off the California coast from August, 1955 to August, 1956.