Ia tusi se faaauauina o lenei palakalafa - Na malaga atu le "LST-16" i Galveston, i Texas e ui atu i Boston ma New Orleans, ina ia maua se avanoa mai iā Mati 11 seʻia oo iā Aperila 17, 1945. Na toe foʻi atu i New Orleans i le aso 27 o Aperila 1945, e ala i Theodore, Mobile, Canal Zone
Na ia malaga atu i Pearl Harbor, Eniwetok, Saipan, Leyte, Luzon ma Batangas i Tokyo, lea na taunuu ai iā Setema 15, 1945. I le taimi o le faigamalaga, na faafeiloaʻi ai e le vaa se ofisa fou, Lt. (jg) W. J. Kenneally, USCGR, i le aso 22 o Me 1945.