She resumed ASW training on the 28th while in transit to the Okinawa operating area. After a brief period at Buckner Bay, she assumed patrol duty in the Taiwan Strait on 5 January 1952. "Silverstein" came off patrol duty on 17 February and returned to Okinawa to resume ASW training, then to act as plane guard for . On 29 February, she returned to Japan at Sasebo. On 6 March, she stood out of Sasebo and headed back to patrol duty off Wonsan and on the bomb line. Later, the escort joined a task group of the United Nations blockading and escort force and participated in the siege of Hungnam. Her duties were divided between bombardments, anti-mining duty, and patrolling against enemy fishing activities.