Formed to hunt German U-boats, the group recorded its first success on 26 April when "Barber" and the escorts , , and , teamed up to sink the at . Relieved by another hunter killer group, "Barber"s unit headed for home on 11 May. After a brief availability at the New York Navy Yard and two weeks of maneuvers at Casco Bay, Maine, "Barber" resumed her convoy escort duties. She made two more transatlantic voyages to North Africa before October 1944 but did not encounter any enemy ships.