the versatile fighting ship left nouméa on 20 november 1942 carrying six torpedoes, towing two pt boats, and escorting ss "pomona" to espiritu santo. here she embarked another company of raiders and sailed for lunga point, guadalcanal where the raiders debarked. the pt boats and torpedoes were then delivered to tulagi, solomon islands. in the following months, the high-speed transport was constantly engaged in the risky business of running supplies into guadalcanal and escorting other ships through the dangerous solomons.