She arrived at Melbourne, Australia, on 1 February 1944 and operated in Australian waters for the next three months; visiting the ports of Sydney, Fremantle, and Brisbane as a unit of the U.S. 7th Fleet. At the end of April 1944, the ship was reassigned to the U.S. 3rd Fleet and moved to Nouméa, New Caledonia. On 4 June 1944, she returned to the 7th Fleet at Milne Bay, New Guinea, to prepare for the landings on Noemfoor Island and at Cape Sansapor, both of which she supported in July 1944. In August 1944, she was underway to the South Pacific for duty in the Solomon and New Hebrides Islands. That assignment lasted until February 1945 when she headed for the Marianas and service in support of the U.S. 5th Fleet.