 After refit, "Launceston" operated from Fremantle as an anti-submarine patrol ship until February 1945, when she was sent to Manus Island to join the British Pacific Fleet.As part of the Pacific Fleet, the corvette was involved in the Battle of Okinawa.Following the end of World War II, "Launceston" was based in Hong Kong as a minesweeper and anty-piracy patrol ship, before returning to Australia in late 1945.