Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Sailing daga Hampton Roads 19 Yuli 1944, "Casa Grande" ya jinkirta a Balboa, Panama Canal Zone don gyare-gyare a kan hanyar zuwa Pearl Harbor, inda ta isa 21 Agusta. A nan ta sauke jiragen ruwa da aka kawo daga gabashin gabas, da kuma ɗaukar mutane da kayan aiki don mamayewa na Yap. Duk da haka, a lokacin da ta isa Eniwetok a ranar 25 ga Satumba, an umurce shi zuwa tsibirin Manus don shirya don
Aikin Leyte. An sanya shi zuwa Rundunar Sojan Kudancin, ta shiga Leyte Gulf ba tare da wata matsala ba, kuma ta shiga cikin harin farko a ranar 20 ga Oktoba. Mutanenta sun yi aiki a cikin zafin jiki a karkashin hare-haren iska na abokan gaba yayin da suka kaddamar da jirgin ruwa na jirgin ruwa da kuma yin amfani da wasu ƙananan jiragen ruwa da suka shiga cikin wannan nasara zuwa Philippines, kuma a ranar 22 ga Oktoba, ta janye zuwa Hollandia. A cikin watan da ya biyo baya, ta yi tafiye-tafiye biyu daga New Guinea zuwa Leyte, tana jigilar kayan tallafi, da kuma kwashe wadanda suka ji rauni.