Kammala wannan jumla: Jirgin ruwan tanki ya bar Pearl Harbor a ranar 19 ga Janairu kuma ya kafa hanya zuwa Kwajalein. Ta yi anga a wannan tsibirin a ranar 1 ga Fabrairu, kuma ta fara sauke kayan ta don tallafawa ayyukan a Marshalls. Ranar 12 ga watan Fabrairun, jirgin ya fara jigilar sojoji don
mamayewar Eniwetok kuma, kwana biyar bayan haka, ya tashi tare da LST Group 8. Ta sauka a Eniwetok, a ranar 20 ga Fabrairu, kuma ta fara saukar da sojojinta da sauke kaya a bakin teku. "LST-31" ya kasance a can har zuwa ranar 20 ga Maris, lokacin da ta tashi zuwa Hawaii. Ta tsaya a hanya a Kwajalein da Tarawa, don ɗaukar kaya da fasinjoji kuma a ƙarshe ya isa Pearl Harbor a ranar 15 ga Afrilu. Bayan gyare-gyare a cikin bushewa a can, ta ci gaba da aiki a ranar 10 ga Mayu, tare da jerin ayyukan horo a Hapuna Bay, Hawaii. A ranar 25 ga Mayu, "LST-31" ya bar tekun Hawaii, ya nufi Eniwetok. Bayan da ya isa wannan atoll a ranar 7 ga Yuni, ya yi amfani da man fetur kuma ya dauki kaya a shirye-shiryen ayyukan da Saipan. Jirgin ya isa Saipan, a ranar 14 ga Yuni, kuma ya fara sauke sojoji da kayayyaki a bakin teku. Ta share yankin a ranar 23 ga Yuni, kuma ta koma Eniwetok don sake cika kayanta.