as the u.s. navy swept northward towards the japanese home islands, and fierce fighting ensued on okinawa and iwo jima, "tacloban" performed the necessary tasks of convoy escort and local patrol vessel at fleet anchorages. on 26 august 1945, she was detached from duty with the local defense force, macajalar bay, on the northwestern coast of mindanao, and sent to leyte. arriving a week later, she received orders to accompany uscgc "ingham" (wpg-35) and "lci-230" to buckner bay, okinawa.