On 5 July she landed 148th Infantry units at Rice Anchorage after softening the landing area with her 5-inch guns.

On 5 July, she landed a second group of troops at Rice Anchorage, New Georgia.

A second flare was dropped over Rice Anchorage.

On the night of 4 July, the ship and six other high speed transports arrived off Rice Anchorage.

By 5 July, McCalla was back in the New Georgia area to screen the landing of Marine Raiders at Rice Anchorage.

On the night of 12-13 May, Strong and the task force bombarded Kolombangara, Enogai Inlet, and Rice Anchorage.

On the morning of 5 July, American forces landed at Rice Anchorage.

She departed Guadalcanal on Independence Day and, the following morning, sent them ashore at Rice Anchorage on the northern coast of the island.

The first goal on New Georgia proper was Rice Anchorage.

On 5 July 1943 the Northern Landing Group went ashore at Rice Anchorage.