 "Saranac" departed Eniwetok on 12 January 1944 for overhaul at San Pedro.Underway again from the west coast on 4 March, "Saranac" arrived at Majuro on 21 March.She operated there for almost three months, fueling ships in port, sortieing three times as a unit of an underway replenishment group to refuel fast carrier forces at sea, and making a fast run to Pearl Harbor in April to refill her tanks.