 After sailing to the South Pacific and reporting for duty with the 7th Fleet, she was assigned to the Philippine Sea Frontier, and routed to Leyte by way of Galapagos, Bora Bora, Manus and Palau.As an escort with Task Unit 94.18.12, she carried out numerous operations between Kossol Roads, Leyte, Lingayen, Subic, New Guinea, Okinawa, Ulithi, and Hollandia.Although engaging in repeated attack runs on sound contacts during these escort assignments, she never made positive contact with the enemy.