 On 1 April, a Grumman J2F Duck seaplane, attached to , crashed into the oiler's mainmast and damaged her radar tower and antenna.The ship then shifted her berth from Espiritu Santo to Tulagi Harbor.On 6 April, she proceeded to Lunga Point, off Guadalcanal, and then commenced transferring fuel and diesel oil to and Fuel Oil Barge "YO-147", as well as transferring highly volatile aviation gas to shore tanks.