 She arrived there on the 14th, fueled the ships in the harbor, and made short shuttles to Tanahmerah Bay and out to sea for gunnery practice until late December.On the 28th, she got underway to return to San Pedro Bay, Leyte, where she arrived on New Year's Day, 1945.Two days later, she negotiated the Surigao Strait, crossed the Mindanao Sea, rounded the southern end of Negros, and headed north to support the Lingayen invasion.