Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan horo da atisaye a gabar tekun California, "Muskogee", tare da ma'aikatan tsaron tekun Amurka, ya bar San Pedro, California, a ranar 18 ga Yuni, 1944, zuwa Nouméa, New Caledonia, inda ya isa ranar 18 ga Yuli, 1944, don aikin sintiri da rakiyar daga Nouméa kuma, bayan kama shi, Humboldt Bay, New Guinea. Rundunar anti-submarine da kuma nunawa ga jiragen ruwa da ke aiki a kusa da New Guinea sune manyan ayyukanta a cikin Oktoba 1944. A ranar 18 ga Oktoba, 1944 ta fara binciken rukunin ƙarfafa na biyu da ke kan hanyar shiga sabon mamaye.
Leyte a cikin tsibirin Philippine, ya isa San Pedro Bay a ranar 24 ga Oktoba don bincika sufuri da kuma samar da jiragen ruwa a karkashin hare-haren jiragen sama na Japan da dama yayin da yake jiran wani rukuni na jiragen ruwa na tankuna marasa amfani don yin amfani da hanyar dawowa. Yayin da rundunarsa ta yi ritaya a ranar 26 ga Oktoba, 1944, jirgin saman Japan ya sake kai masa hari, kuma "Muskogee" ya shiga cikin saukar da jiragen sama da yawa na abokan gaba. Tafiya ta biyu zuwa Leyte a farkon Nuwamba 1944 ba ta da yawa.