Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An kimanta jirgin don amfani da shi a matsayin jirgin asibiti na Sojoji, wanda aka yi la'akari da mafi kyau fiye da da yawa da aka canza, amma ba a taɓa canzawa ba ko amfani da shi a matsayin jirgin asibiti. An ba da jirgin zuwa bukatun sufuri na Sojoji kuma Kamfanin Kamfanin Jirgin Sama na Alooa ya yi aiki a karkashin yarjejeniyar Yarjejeniyar Jirgin Sama na Sojoji har sai an sanya shi a karkashin yarjejeniyar WSA ta gaba da Eastern Steamship a ranar 25 ga Maris. A ranar 1 ga watan Agusta, 1942, an ba da jirgin a Norfolk, Virginia don aiki a karkashin jirgin ruwa mara kyau ta Ma'aikatar War (Sojoji) don aiki a matsayin Jirgin Sama na Sojojin Amurka. Jirgin ya yi aiki a farkon rabin shekarar 1942 daga New Orleans zuwa Curaçao, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Jamaica, Haiti, da Panama. Bayan gyara da sauyawa a Galveston, Texas a watan Satumba da Oktoba 1942 "Evangeline" ya fara aiki daga New York a watan Nuwamba zuwa Oran, Casablanca, Algiers, Bizerte, da sauran tashar jiragen ruwa na Arewacin Afirka da ke tallafawa ayyukan bayan
saukar jiragen ruwa a Arewacin Afirka a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba, 1942. Harkokin sufuri ya yi tafiya daya zuwa Ƙasar Ingila bayan ya koma New York a watan Agustan 1943 kuma a watan Janairun 1944 ya tashi don aiki a yankin Kudu maso yammacin Pacific (SWPA) don ayyukan.