Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan shakedown daga Norfolk, Va., "Mellena" ya ɗauki kaya ta hanyar Guantanamo Bay da Panama zuwa Pearl Harbor inda ta isa tsakiyar watan Maris. Ta horar da shi a cikin ruwa na Hawaii har zuwa ranar 8 ga Afrilu; kuma bayan da aka yi jigilar kaya zuwa San Francisco da baya ya ci gaba da horar da horo na amphibious har sai ya tashi zuwa Philippines ranar 13 ga Yuni. Ta isa Guiuan, Samar, ranar 28 ga Yuni. A cikin makonni na ƙarshe na fada a yammacin Pacific, ta yi jigilar kaya zuwa Palaus, Admiralties, da Marianas, kuma a
An dakatar da tashin hankali a Iwo Jima. Bayan da aka kai 'yan Seabees zuwa Saipan, ta koma Leyte Gulf a ranar 28 ga watan Agusta don daukar sojojin da ke aiki a Japan.