While riding out Typhoon Pamela in the Taiwan Straits in early November 1954, "Frank E. Evans" responded to an SOS by USNS "Muskingum", which had lost steering control near the center of the storm. "Frank E. Evans" had escaped to the edge of the typhoon, but turned back into the storm racing for five hours to render assistance while taking damage in the process. In the end, "Muskingum" was able to regain control before "Frank E. Evans" arrived, but the incident was widely publicized in newspaper syndication because Pulitzer prize winning correspondent Homer Bigart was reporting from "Frank E. Evans" during that period.