 "Abercrombie" and "Walter C. Wann" shepherded the two oilers into port at Aruba late in the evening on 15 July 1944.Two days later after the oilers loaded cargo, the convoy put to sea again, laden with oil, and on 17 August reached Humboldt Bay, New Guinea, for duty fueling combatant ships, small craft, and merchantmen at the Panama Canal.Assigned a key support role in the invasion of the Philippines, "Chepachet" was part of Task Unit (TU) 77.7.1 which included the oilers , , and , the ammunition ship , and the merchant ship .