Far East Operations
Advance continued that employment over the next 14 months. She embarked upon her second deployment to the western Pacific Ocean on 2 July 1962 and arrived at Subic Bay on 13 August. During the following two months, she made goodwill tour stops at various islands in the Philippines. In mid-October, the minesweeper moved to Okinawa where she participated in the U.S. 7th Fleet's Exercise "Lone Eagle." From there, she steamed to Sasebo, Japan, for a series of repairs which included the replacement of her port outboard main engine. On 5 December, the ship stood out of Sasebo bound for Hong Kong in which port she remained for a week before returning to Subic Bay late in December. On 27 December 1962, she began the long voyage back to Long Beach and reentered her home port on 8 February 1963 after stops at Guam, Midway Island, and Pearl Harbor. Post-deployment leave and upkeep followed. On 15 March, she resumed local operations out of Long Beach and devoted the remainder of 1963 and the first nine months of 1964 to type training, inspections, regular overhaul, and competitive exercises.
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