Terebinth served in the Pacific Ocean theatre of operations and was awarded a battle star for her participation in the Okinawa campaign.

By afternoon, the main islands of the group were under American control, and Terebinth began net laying operations in the Aka Shima channel.

A new hazard appeared on the morning of 28 March when lookouts on Terebinth sighted an unlighted boat approaching the ship's starboard bow.

Since the unidentified vessel was too close for Terebinth to bring her 3-inch gun to bear, the ship's gunners opened fire with small arms.

The boat dropped a depth charge near Terebinth, veered to starboard, and sped off as a violent explosion shook the net layer.

The ship remained at this task until 6 April when she joined a salvage group off the Hagushi beaches to aid in retrieving landing craft.

On 29 March, she went alongside the damaged USS Pinkney and supplied the transport with electricity for four days while it attended to the needs of wounded men who had been evacuated from the beaches.