 Operating from Japan—where she called at such places as Fukuoka, Kagoshima, and Sasebo—she visited Tsingtao, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Amoy to keep a wary eye on the events occurring in China until she returned to San Diego on 20 September.After operating along the west coast for the next year, "Theodore E. Chandler" headed west on 1 October 1948 for her second tour of duty in the western Pacific.That assignment was abbreviated on 24 November when she collided with the destroyer during highspeed, darkened-ship, night maneuvers off Tsingtao.