Her overhaul lasted until 1 May. Upon completion of her refit, "Albemarle" got underway for Newport, on 5 May, and there, over the next few days, degaussed, calibrated her direction finders, and loaded aircraft for transportation to Bermuda. Underway on 15 May with and as escorts, the seaplane tender reached her destination on the 17th, unloaded the planes she had brought, and immediately set sail for Narragansett Bay. Relieving in connection with aircraft torpedo and submarine familiarization training, on the 19th, "Albemarle" remained anchored in Narragansett Bay until 12 August, providing torpedo services for a succession of squadrons: VP-94, VP-34, VP-33 and Torpedo Squadron 4. Underway on 12 August and escorted by the destroyers , and , the submarine tender sailed for Norfolk. After her arrival there, "Albemarle" conducted gunnery exercises in the Chesapeake Bay operating area.