Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - "Hamilton" ya isa Pearl Harbor ta hanyar Eniwetok a ranar 25 ga Maris 1945 kuma, bayan ɗan gajeren lokacin horo, ya koma yankin Amurka. Yayin da ta ke tafiya a karkashin Golden Gate Bridge a ranar 8 ga Afrilu, mai hallaka ya ƙare fiye da mil 100,000 na tururi a cikin Pacific. An tsara shi don gyarawa da sabuntawa, ya shiga cikin bushewa a Richmond, California; amma daga baya an sake sanya shi AG-111 (mai taimakawa daban-daban) a ranar 6 ga Mayu 1945 kuma an cire shi daga bushewa. Jirgin ya yi amfani da 'yan watanni da suka rage na yakin da ke cikin aikin gwaji na minesweeping a bakin tekun California daga Santa Barbara. Makonni biyu kafin Japan ta mika wuya
, "Hamilton" ya tashi zuwa sansanin jirgin ruwa a San Diego, inda aka dakatar da shi a ranar 16 ga Oktoba, 1945. An sayar da jikinta ga Hugo Neu na Birnin New York don yin lalata a ranar 21 ga Nuwamba 1946.