Battle of Empress Augusta Bay
She continued to patrol from Port Purvis to Bougainville. On 13 November she rushed to help screen the crippled "Denver" (CL-58), damaged in the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay. Relieved by "Dyson" (DD-572) the following day, she continued to escort resupply convoys to Bougainville, Treasury, and Vella Lavella, as well as to bombard coast batteries and hunt Japanese ships.