 Assigned to Task Group (TG) 12.3, the destroyer escort took part in a series of six hunter-killer operations out of the Hawaiian and Marshall Islands between 24 November 1944 and 23 April 1945.During those cruises, she conducted depth charge attacks on three sound contacts, but obtained no evidence of success.A week after her last hunter-killer cruise on 30 April 1945, "Bright" sailed from Eniwetok for Saipan, where she reported to the Commander, Task Force (TF) 51 for duty in the Escort Pool.