Seeadler Harbor
The first three days of October found "Wesson" anchored in Seeadler Harbor. On the 4th, she got underway as part of a task unit centered around , , , and . During fueling operations in the Philippine Sea, "Wesson" assumed plane guard duty. On 22 October – two days after American forces returned to the Philippine Islands with landings on Leyte – "Wesson" got underway to escort "Sitkoh Bay" to Manus, and they arrived back in Seeadler Harbor on 26 October. "Wesson" remained there undergoing availability for the remainder of the month.