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Upon departing Hampton Roads on 24 August in company with three of her sister ships, Bebas sailed for the Pacific. After transiting the [[Panama]] Canal on 1 September, she proceeded via the Galapagos and Society Islands to Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides. The warship operated out of that port during October and November, conducting patrol and escort missions to Noumea, New Caledonia, and to Guadalcanal in the Solomons. Highlighting this service was her attempt to salvage the “Liberty” ship John H. Couch that had been set ablaze by a Japanese aerial torpedo during a raid on the night of 11 October.

Upon departing Hampton Roads on 24 August in company with three of her sister ships, Bebas sailed for the Pacific. After transiting the [[Panama]] Canal on 1 September, she proceeded via the Galapagos and Society Islands to Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides. The warship operated out of that port during October and November, conducting patrol and escort missions to Nouméa, New Caledonia, and to Guadalcanal in the Solomons. Highlighting this service was her attempt to salvage the “Liberty” ship John H. Couch that had been set ablaze by a Japanese aerial torpedo during a raid on the night of 11 October.