sentences:  She arrived in Purvis Bay, Florida Island, on 3 January 1944.Until April, she escorted supply echelons to and between the Solomon Islands, first concentrating on Guadalcanal, and then, as the American forces began to climb the Solomons ladder, branched out to the other islands, notably to the Russell Islands subgroup and to Bougainville.She also periodically made voyages back to Nouméa and Espiritu Santo.