A few miles out they saw a coastal convoy.
The destroyer parted company with her coastal convoy immediately and raced to rescue the sinking ship's crew.
There she resumed escort assignments and for the next seven months guarded coastal and transatlantic convoys.
The institution of coastal convoys between 1942 and 1943 may have also significantly reduced the efficiency of the Australian shipping industry during this period.
She patrolled for enemy submarines and escorted coastal convoys until mid-March 1945.
Eventually, coastal convoys were instituted and more aircraft became available.
Cory cargo ships sailed usually coastal convoys but sometimes independently.
Cory colliers sailed in coastal convoys and 13 of them were lost.
The coastal convoys relied heavily on air support.
She resumed escort work and for the next six months guarded coastal and trans-Atlantic convoys.