She became involved in another junk episode during this patrol, when she intercepted a suspicious craft off Kirin-do manned by three men armed with a carbine and a Russian-made sub-machine-gun.
Le lendemain, le navire reçut la permission de visiter le secteur de Haeju, le plus actif de l’élément opérationnel 95.12, et le Crusader tint à se familiariser avec ses eaux.