 After a short period on "Yankee Station", "Larson" spent alternate periods on patrol and in port at Kaohsiung and Keelung, Taiwan, until 15 September when she left Kaohsiung as a typhoon came roaring in and headed back to "Yankee Station".As soon as she arrived, she was ordered to participate in operation "Silver Skate" and did so from 22 to 27 September.At the completion of this exercise, "Larson" was ordered to gunfire support activities in South Vietnam.