 Clearing that port four days later, again astern of "Iroquois", the barge proceeded to Eniwetok.Thence, under tow by the auxiliary ocean tug "ATA-124", with as "retriever" and "YMS-276" as escort, "Barite" reached Ulithi, in the Caroline Islands, on 13 January 1945 and joined the armada of 225 ships present at that advanced base.