arriving at nouméa on the 29th, she joined servron 6 and until 15 april carried out exercises and duty assignments in the new hebrides. from the end of april until july, she worked in the solomons and then moved on to new guinea, where she was briefly employed off finschhafen. operating again in the new hebrides, based at espiritu santo, by october, she sailed, with passengers, to brisbane, and upon her return replenished her stores and departed, 13 november, for manus, admiralty islands, to join the 7th fleet.