until november 1943 "bell" operated on patrol and escort in the north atlantic, making one voyage to britain in august. she got underway for the pacific 6 november and arrived at pearl harbor 27 november. "bell" then joined task force 58 (tf 58) for strikes on kavieng, new ireland, (25 december 1943, 1 and 4 january 1944); the invasion of kwajalein, marshall islands, (29 january – 2 february); truk strike (17–18 february); marianas raid (21–22 february), carolines strike (30 march – 1 april), hollandia landings (21–24 april); saipan invasion, (12–24 june); 1st bonins raid (15–16 june); battle of the philippine sea (19–20 june); 2nd bonins raid (24 june); 3rd bonins raid (3–4 july); guam invasion (21 july); western carolines raids (25–28 july); 4th bonins raid (4–5 august); palau raids (6–8 september); philippine islands raids (9–24 september); okinawa raid (10 october); and with tf 38 in the formosa raids (12–17 october).