I muri i te tukunga o Tiamana i te tīmatanga o Mei 1945, i tīpakohia a "Rutherford" hei huri hei kaipuke tohutohu whawhai hei mahi ki te British Pacific Fleet. I haere ia ki tetahi whare kaipuke hokohoko i te United Kingdom i taua marama ki te whai i te whakahou mo tana mahi hou. Kāore anō i oti tōna whakahoutanga i te wā i whakatūria ai te rangimarie
Na te 15 o Akuhata 1945 i mutu ai te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, a, i whakamutua nga mahi mo tana hurihanga.