After another period at Malta, she participated in the support of the landings in the south of France, this time operating under United States command under Lt Commander Douglas Fairbanks Jr. She joined the Western Task Force, in June 1944, attached to the Special Operations Group at Ajaccio. The group was to mis-direct German resources by simulating large Allied landings and in mid-August they carried out bombardments between Antibes and the Var river. The operation was a complete success. A second diversionary operation took place off La Ciotat; "Aphis" and "Scarab" and the US destroyer bombarded the area. During the action, the allied ships were engaged by two German warships, the corvette "UJ6082" and armed yacht "UJ6083". Both German ships were sunk.