Recommissioned for service in the 4th Frigate Squadron on 28 December, in January 1953 Cardigan Bay sailed on her fifth tour of service with the UN Task Group off Korea. On 7 April she embarked American General Maxwell D. Taylor and the Commander of the Commonwealth Naval Forces Admiral Alan Scott-Moncrieff, and sailed to Ch'o-do Island, close to the mouth of the Taedong River to carry out a shore bombardment.
Recommissioned for service in the 4th Frigate Squadron on December 28, in January 1953 Cardigan Bay set sail for her fifth tour of duty with the UN Task Group off Korea. On April 7 she carried American General Maxwell D. Taylor and Admiral Alan Scott-Moncrieff, Commander of Commonwealth Naval Forces, to Ch'o-do Island near the mouth of the Taedong River to conduct a shore bombardment.