Captain O. B. Gray, USN, reported on board as executive officer in August 1962. USS "Currituck" began her second West-Pac tour on 26 October 1962. The ship arrived in Yokosuka, Japan on 11 November 1962 when she again took on Commander, Taiwan Patrol Force, Rear Admiral Bernard M. Strean. She sailed for Buckner Bay, Okinawa on 17 November 1962. After two days at sea lookouts sighted the Japanese fishing vessel "Seiyu Maru", which had been damaged in a typhoon, and without power. USS "Currituck" took her in tow and passed food and clothing to her crew. After a night of careful watch, she was transferred to a Japanese rescue vessel and USS "Currituck" steamed on to Okinawa, where she arrived on 20 November 1962 at her new “Home Port” of White Beach.