Underway again the following day, "Tracy" escorted another convoy to Guadalcanal, conducting gunnery exercises en route, and arrived on 10 January. Later in the month, she departed Efate, New Hebrides, bound for New Caledonia in company with the "President Hayes". During the passage, they fought through a storm before arriving at Nouméa on 19 January. Upon the completion of refueling there, she proceeded to Wellington, New Zealand. For the remainder of January and continuing into May, she threaded her way among the Pacific Isles, escorting convoys and carrying out exercises en route.