 Standing off Pohang-dong, Korea, on 18 July, "Kyes" provided fire support during landing operations which reinforced U.N. positions at the southern end of the peninsula.She joined on 2 August escorting while that carrier's aircraft struck enemy troop and supply concentrations along Korea's southern and western coasts.Sailing into the Sea of Japan on 11 August, she screened , , and ; and then steamed to Sasebo, Japan on 27 August to prepare for Operation Chromite.