 Arriving at Norfolk, Virginia, 11 December, "Prevail" was reassigned to the Pacific Fleet and got underway from Norfolk, Virginia 15 February 1945.Arriving Okinawa on 23 May, she engaged in antisubmarine patrols off Kerama Retto under almost constant attack by Japanese kamikaze aircraft.Then in July she conducted minesweeping operations off Okinawa and south toward Formosa, and, in September, helped clear the entrance to Japan's Inland Sea.