 Returning from Iceland in early August, she left Newport for Naval Station Norfolk, Va. 6 September in company with three other destroyers.Just off Norfolk the destroyers rendezvoused with and escorted the big carrier to the Mediterranean.After rigorous operations with the 6th Fleet and calls at Sardinia, Sicily, and Golfe-Juan, France, "Lloyd Thomas" and her sister destroyers departed Gibraltar on 1 November to escort home.