On 20 April 1954 "Rowe", with ComDesRon 32 embarked, got underway for duty in the Far East. Steaming via Panama, she reached Yokosuka, Japan, 28 May 1954. Three days later she and "Fechteler" got underway for Sasebo, thence to Pusan for patrol duties. Arriving the same day, they relieved "Douglas H. Fox" and "Laffey" on Korean patrol. On 4 June "Rowe" assisted crash boats and aircraft in a search for a United States Air Force plane that had crashed between Korea and Japan. Six members of the plane's crew and passengers were rescued. "Rowe" then towed an Air Force seaplane, which was unable to take off in the rough seas, to port. On 28 August 1954, "Rowe" completed her tour with the Seventh Fleet and prepared for the homeward leg of her round-the-world journey. Steaming via Suez and the Mediterranean, the division arrived in Norfolk 28 October 1954.