After transfer to Home Fleet duties, Walker joined the Arctic route and escorted convoy JW 57 in February 1944. She remained with JW 57 through the full convoy passage alongside other destroyers and corvettes. These demanding assignments called for well-prepared escorts, so her repeated selection supports the assessment that the Navy still trusted her condition and crew. During her Arctic service, US Navy enlisted sailors who unexpectedly embarked in Walker later wrote warmly about the welcome they received from her crew.
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Arctic convoy JW 57 and a trusted escort
Walker escorted Arctic convoy JW 57 and earned warm recollections from US sailors who unexpectedly embarked in her.