Three days into 1942, "Anderson" sailed for Norfolk, Virginia and after calibrating her degaussing gear on the Wolf Trap degaussing range, near Norfolk, the destroyer arrived at NOB, Norfolk, on the morning of 5 January. mi Once again, the respite in port proved brief, and at midday on 6 January, "Anderson" cleared Hampton Roads in company with "Morris" and "Hammann", ultimately taking a screening position on the port beam of "Mississippi" in the force escorting the battlewagons of BatDiv 3 back to the Pacific Ocean.