Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan horo na shakedown, "Janar H. F. Hodges" ya tashi daga San Francisco 10 ga Mayu 1945 tare da sojoji sama da 3,000 da kuma wasu ma'aikatan jinya na Sojoji. A cikin watanni biyu da suka biyo baya, ta yi tafiya zuwa Hollandia, Manila, Leyte, da Biak don tallafawa hanzarta matsawa zuwa Japan kafin ya koma San Francisco a ranar Independence Day 1945. Jirgin ya tashi a ranar 8 ga Yuli zuwa New York ta hanyar Canal na Panama; kuma, bayan ya tsaya a can a takaice, ya tashi a ranar 5 ga watan Agusta zuwa Naples a kan jirgin ruwa. Duk da yake a cikin teku ta karbi kalma na
Jafananci sun mika wuya.