World War II North Atlantic Operations
After outfitting at Galveston, Texas, and Algiers, Louisiana, Ricketts sailed to Bermuda for shakedown. She arrived Charleston, South Carolina, 28 November 1943, escorting merchantman SS Braga. Following post-shakedown overhaul, the escort got underway 9 December for New York City, where she joined a convoy destined for North Africa. The convoy cleared on the 14th, but Ricketts delayed her departure until the following day to wait for two late-loading merchant ships.
The three ships joined the main body of the convoy 20 December and continued on to Casablanca, French Morocco. Ricketts returned to New York 24 January 1944, thus completing her only convoy run to the Mediterranean.
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