 Until March 1944 she served as an escort vessel along the east coast and in the Caribbean, as well as a training vessel in Chesapeake Bay.She departed New York 8 March 1944 for the British Isles to train for the coming invasion of Europe and to escort convoys between British ports.From 6 to 22 June 1944 she screened the convoys carrying troops and supplies from Britain to the Normandy beachhead.