Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
"Platte" departed San Pedro on 9 April 1943 to provide logistic support for the Aleutian Islands Campaign, serving as station tanker in Kulak Bay, Adak. After several runs between the West Coast and Pearl Harbor, "Platte" served with twelve other fleet oilers of Service Squadron 8 as part of a task group refueling warships involved in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign.