 She stood out of New York on 19 March to join Task Group 27.4 as part of the screen for a convoy bound for Bizerte, North Africa, where she arrived on 31 March and returned New York on 13 April.She made two subsequent runs to Bizerte arriving New York from her third voyage on 7 September.After training out of Casco Bay, Maine, "Garfield Thomas" departed New York on 14 October in the screen for a convoy bound for the United Kingdom, arriving in Plymouth on 25 October.