In February 1944 she made a direct contribution to the troops seizing islands in the northern Solomons, bringing cargo and passengers to Bougainville.

The destroyer escort operated on this circuit for four months while Allied forces consolidated their grip on the northern Solomons.

Spending the first part of June on antisubmarine patrol, she again joined the 7th Fleet on the 14th, serving with TG70.8 in the northern Solomons.

In February, she again moved northwest, this time into the extreme northern Solomons and the Bismarcks.

Taylor operated out of that port in the northern Solomons and Bismarcks area until early August.

Abercrombie remained at Manus for most of November, setting sail for the northern Solomons on the 28th.

Back at Espiritu Santo 1 July, she hurried to Tulagi for the consolidation of the northern Solomons.

From there, she moved down to the northern Solomons, arriving at Cape Torokina, Bougainville, on 4 October.

This one would not be terribly different from that day over the northern Solomons.

In mid-month, however, the destroyer escort left New Guinea for a new field of endeavor, the northern Solomons.