Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1945 "Ikon Empire" ya koma Ostiraliya, yana tafiya daga Haifa "ta hanyar" Suez Canal, Port Sudan da Aden kuma ya isa Fremantle a ranar 13 ga Fabrairu. Ta kira a Port Pirie, Adelaide da Port Lincoln kafin ta haye Tasman Sea zuwa New Zealand, inda ta kira a Wellington da New Plymouth. A ranar 22 ga Maris ta bar New Plymouth zuwa Ingila, ta hanyar "kanal Panama", Charleston, New York da kuma Convoy HX 354 zuwa Liverpool kuma ya isa London a ranar 19 ga Mayu. Ranar 11 ga watan Agusta ta bar London zuwa New York, inda ta isa ranar 24 ga watan Agusta. Har yanzu tana cikin tashar jiragen ruwa lokacin da Japan ta mika wuya
a ranar 2 ga watan Satumba. Kwana shida bayan haka ta tashi zuwa Philippines "ta hanyar" Canal na Panama, ta isa Manila a ranar 21 ga Oktoba. A ranar 16 ga Nuwamba ta tashi zuwa New Zealand, inda ta kasance a Auckland 2 zuwa 6 Disamba da New Plymouth 8 zuwa 21 Disamba.