The destroyer escort sailed on 4 December for ASW operations with TG 22.3, again formed around the now famous "Bogue". In ensuing days, the group operated off the northeastern seaboard, running into rough weather over a week after their departure from New York. At 1030 on 13 December, the wheelhouse inclinometer in Willis registered one roll of 62 degrees. The ships did not experience good hunting but investigated numerous sonar and radar contacts with negative results. On 16 December, "Willis" moored at the convoy escort piers, Norfolk, where she remained through Christmas.