Returning to Pearl Harbor on 2 January 1945, Chief voyaged to Eniwetok on convoy escort duty, then conducted exercises in Hawaiian waters until clearing for Ulithi, where she arrived 4 March.
Chief resumed her voyage to Pearl Harbor on 2 January 1945 and then proceeded to Eniwetok as part of an escorted convoy. She conducted training exercises in the Hawaiian waters before clearing for Ulithi, where she docked on 4 March.