 Departing San Pedro, California, on 1 December, she steamed via Pearl Harbor and Eniwetok to Ulithi where she resumed duty with Task Group 30.8.She sortied 3 January 1945 and during the next three weeks cruised the replenishment areas in the western Pacific and refueled the fast carriers during far-reaching operations against Japanese installations on Luzon, Formosa, China, Indochina, and the Ryukyus.