Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan isowa, "Stockton" ya shiga rundunar Sojoji ta Bakwai da aka tattara don mamaye tsibirin Los Negros a cikin Admiralties. Ta shiga cikin hare-haren farko wanda ya share hanya don saukowa a ranar 29 ga Fabrairu kuma ya kasance a yankin har kwana uku, yana sintiri da kuma ba da tallafin wuta ga sojojin da ke bakin teku. Daga 9 zuwa 13 Maris, ta goyi bayan irin wannan amma ƙananan saukowa a Seeadler Harbor. Yayin da sojojin Amurka suka yi tsalle-tsalle tare da arewacin tekun New Guinea, "Stockton" ya yi aiki a matsayin jirgin ruwa na anti-aircraft da na anti-submarine yayin da aka sauka a Humboldt Bay a ranar 22 ga Afrilu da kuma a Wakde a ranar 17 ga Mayu; kuma ta ba da tallafin bindiga ga sojojin da ke cikin jirgin ruwa na New Guinea.
Biak ya sauka a ranar 27 ga Mayu. Duk da yake a Biak, ta sami rauni kaɗan lokacin da wani harsashi ya buge shi daga baturi na bakin teku a ranar 28 ga Mayu, kuma a ranar 12 ga Yuni, ta shiga cikin Humboldt Bay, bayan da bam ya buga jirgin ruwa a tsakiyar jirgin.