"Agerholm" departed San Diego on 6 July and steamed via Pearl Harbor, Midway, and Guam, to Subic Bay, arriving on 28 July. From there, the destroyer served on the gunline, on the northern SAR station, as PIRAZ escort, and as plane guard. On 14 October, "Agerholm" was detached for independent transit to Hong Kong. En route, the destroyer passed within of the center of Super Typhoon Joan in the South China Sea. For two tense days, the crew was uncertain of surviving the winds and seas, but the destroyer began to open the typhoon center late on 16 October. The remainder of her deployment was spent at PIRAZ station until 4 December when "Agerholm" cleared the area for Guam, Midway, and Pearl Harbor. The ship arrived back in San Diego on 20 December and spent the remainder of the year in her home port.