Kola Bay
After the engagement, both ships escorted four transports into Kola Bay on 2–3 February. On 27–28 March, "Baku" and the destroyers and sortied off the Arctic coast of Norway in unsuccessful searches for German shipping under Golovko's command. With "Grozny" and five smaller vessels, she escorted three Allied merchants from Kola Bay to Arkhangelsk on 15 May. "Baku", "Grozny", "Gromky" and the destroyer escorted icebreakers through the White Sea into the Barents Sea between 8 and 20 June; she returned to Vaenga and was sent to Arkhangelsk on 22 June. From July through mid-November, "Baku" helped to escort local convoys between Arkhangelsk and the Kola Peninsula. She spent at least part of the winter under repair to reinforce her hull.