 She then moved to Norfolk, Virginia, for additional training before joining her first Atlantic convoy there 13 November.After seeing this convoy safely to Casablanca, she returned to New York Christmas Day 1943.Following training exercises off Norfolk, Virginia, "Huse" escorted another convoy to Africa 25 January-11 February 1944, then, before returning home, engaged in antisubmarine patrol work off Gibraltar with ships of the Royal Navy.