Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan shakedown, "Procyon" an sanya shi ga Ma'aikatar Sufurin Jirgin Ruwa kuma ta ba da rahoto ga Norfolk, Va. a ranar 25 ga Agusta don ɗaukar kaya don sansanonin Caribbean. Ta yi tafiya a ranar 2 ga Satumba har zuwa
Panama kafin ya koma Norfolk a ranar 23. Ta sake komawa teku a ranar 10 ga Oktoba, ta wuce ta Panama Canal a ranar 20 ga Oktoba zuwa San Pedro, Calif., kuma ta ci gaba zuwa Pearl Harbor a ranar 12 ga Nuwamba. "Procyon" ya kasance a Pearl 18-24 Nuwamba kuma ya koma California a ƙarshen watan. Tana shiga Mare Island Navy Yard a ranar da aka kai hari kan Pearl Harbor, lokacin da, ta karbi umarnin gaggawa na gaggawa, sai ta koma wani tashar jiragen ruwa na San Francisco don ɗaukar nauyin jini da kayan kiwon lafiya. Ta bar San Francisco a ranar 12 ga watan Disamba, ta shiga Pearl Harbor a ranar 19. "Procyon" ya koma San Francisco a ranar 6 ga Janairu 1942 kuma ya fara jigilar jiragen sama masu yaƙi da matukan jirgi na Marine da aka ƙaddara zuwa Pago Pago, Samoa. Ta kammala tafiye-tafiye uku tsakanin waɗannan wurare a ranar 23 ga Afrilu.