 Expending her stores there, the ship proceeded from there to Auckland, and thence to the New Hebrides and Solomons, operating and issuing general stores in these areas until January 1945.Assigned then to Ulithi, in the Carolines, "Antares" arrived there on 10 January and issued stores until returning to Espiritu Santo in late January.She remained there until returning to the Carolines, reaching Ulithi on 11 April.