 On the 8th, she got underway again, bound for Aruba in the Netherlands West Indies.At Aruba on the 13th, the oiler loaded cargo again and headed back to Norfolk, where she arrived on the 18th.After a brief yard period, during which four PT boats were deck-loaded on board her, "Winooski" departed Norfolk on 25 April for New York, there to join a convoy bound for the Mediterranean Sea.