Following a tender availability in Sasebo, Japan, the destroyer spent the next month screening the fast carriers. After returning to Yokosuka for a short refit on 29 July, Carpenter departed 11 August for a Formosa patrol.
After a period of time where the destroyer was available in Sasebo, Japan, it spent a month screening fast carriers. Following a short refit at Yokosuka on July 29th, Carpenter set sail for a patrol off Formosa on August 11th.