 On 16 August, she departed Subic Bay in company with "Trippe" and the two warships made their way, via Singapore and Sri Lanka, to Manama, Bahrain, where they became units of the Middle East Force.For almost three months, she made goodwill visits to Middle Eastern ports, visiting Jidda, Saudi Arabia; Massawa and Asmara, Ethiopia; Karachi, Pakistan; Djibouti in the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas; and Mombasa, Kenya.At Mombasa, "Basilone" turned over her duties to her relief, , early in November and embarked on the long voyage back to the east coast of North America.