eight days later "tarazed" left for north africa, reaching mers el kebir on 2 september. after calling at bizerte and algiers, she returned to the us in convoy gus-15 and arrived at norfolk on 4 october. late that month, she joined convoy ugs-22 to take materiel to oran, bizerte and palermo. then, with the exception of a voyage to the mediterranean in april, she took provisions to the caribbean in the first five months of 1944.