Kammala wannan jumla: Daga Admiralties, "Manatee" ya ci gaba da arewa don tallafawa sojojin da ke rufewa
Saukowa daga Leyte. Ayyukansa na man fetur ya sa shi a cikin Philippines har zuwa karshen Fabrairu 1945, lokacin da ya koma Ulithi, inda watanni uku da suka wuce daya daga cikin 'yan uwan "Manatee", mai suna USS "Mississinewa" (AO-59), ya shafe ta da Kaiten, wani jirgin ruwa mai cin gashin kansa na Japan. Daga Ulithi, "Manatee" ya koma Leyte Gulf don samar da makaman amphibious da ke tattarawa don yakin Okinawa. A ranar 28 ga Maris ta fara jigilar mai daga Ulithi zuwa rukunin masu jigilar kayayyaki da ke aiki a Yaƙin Okinawa. Ta ci gaba da aiki a wannan layin samarwa har zuwa tabbatar da tsibirin a ranar 21 ga Yuni, kwanaki 82 bayan saukar farko. Ranar 2 ga watan Yuli, "Manatee" an umurce shi da ya shiga wasu masu saurin man fetur a cikin bayar da tallafi ga kungiyoyin masu sufuri a lokacin hare-haren a tsibirin Japan. Masu jigilar mai suna motsawa da daddare don saduwa da masu jigilar kayayyaki, sun cika su a cikin kilomita 322 na bakin tekun abokan gaba, sannan suka yi ritaya. Kyakkyawan tsari da saurin jigilar man fetur zuwa Ulithi don cikawa ya haifar da wadataccen mai mai ga rundunar jiragen ruwa.