Sailing to Subic Bay on 1 August, the destroyer joined "Sproston" and sailed south for exercises with the New Zealand Navy on 4 August. "Carpenter" "crossed the line" on 8 August, where according to her historian, "the equator was not visible due to the high tide." The ships reached Sydney on 15 August for a two-day port visit before proceeding on to New Zealand. Once there, the warships conducted several ASW exercises before visiting Auckland and Wellington. Departing 1 September, "Carpenter" steamed to Pearl Harbor via Pago Pago, reaching home on 11 September.