 On 14 August, the destroyer joined "Helena" near Sinchang, when the two ships destroyed a North Korean supply train and damaged several bridges and tunnels.By the following day, North Korean pressure on the Chongha enclave had become so intense that Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker evacuated the ROK 3rd Division by sea.While shipping for the evacuation assembled, the situation at Chongha continued to deteriorate, but the 3rd Division relied upon the gunfire delivered by "Chandler" and the other ships of the "Helena" task element to hold back North Korean forces.