 Pushing on toward Lingayen Gulf, "Barataria" transferred aviation supplies to USS "Tangier" on 5 May 1945 before she relieved the seaplane tender on station at noon on 8 May 1945.In so doing, "Barataria" assumed charge of six planes from VPB-28 engaged in Lingayen Bay-based air-sea rescue operations.For the remainder of May 1945 and all of June 1945, she tended the PBM-5D Mariners of VPB-28 as they carried out "Dumbo" missions covering the Army's Fifth Air Force bombing strikes on Formosa.