World War II North Atlantic Operations
After fitting out, Jacob Jones sailed 13 May for shakedown in Bermuda waters and arrived Charleston, South Carolina, 7 July. On the 18th she steamed to Newport, Rhode Island, to prepare for convoy duty. A week later she sailed with a convoy of U.S. Coast Guard cutters and Navy ships, which steamed to North Africa to support Allied operations in the Mediterranean. While escorting this convoy, Jacob Jones made her first antisubmarine attack 7 August firing 13 depth charges in two attacks. She arrived Casablanca, French Morocco, 13 August; a week later she departed with Task Force 64 escorting a convoy bound back to the United States.
Arriving New York 5 September, Jacob Jones underwent inspection and on the 16th departed for ASW convoy training with Hammann and Robert E. Peary at Casco, Maine. She sailed for Norfolk, Virginia, 21 September and on the 25th joined Convoy UGS-19 headed for North African waters off Casablanca. Arriving 12 October, Jacob Jones conducted ASW patrols before departing for Gibraltar to join a westbound convoy the 19th. She arrived Norfolk 6 November with the southern section of the convoy, then departed for 10 days of repairs at Brooklyn Navy Yard. On the 23d she joined a 64-ship Norfolk-to-Casablanca convoy. Upon her arrival 10 December, she patrolled waters off the coast of Africa for a week before returning to the United States with Convoy GUS-24.
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