Assigned to Taiwan Patrol duties in late September 1967, "Camp" proceeded to Kaohsiung to relieve the . After setting up her patrol barrier in the Formosa Straits, "Camp" found it necessary to head north at flank speed to avoid Typhoon Carla. Running into seas and winds which remained unabated for several days, "Camp" suffered total destruction of the forward gun shield and loss of the fire control radar system. Subsequent high seas washed the remnants of the gun shield over the side and reduced the remainder of mount 31 to mere junk. After the typhoon, she was directed to Sasebo, Japan for emergency dry-dock repairs, where an section of her hull was found nearing failure. The enclosed rear gun mount 32 was moved forward and replaced with an open gun mount from a decommissioned ship.