Kammala wannan jumla: "Saranac" ya bar San Pedro a ranar 6 ga Satumba kuma ya shiga cikin rukunin sake cikawa a Purvis Bay, lokacin da ya isa, a ranar 28 ga Satumba. Bayan sau uku daga wannan tashar jiragen ruwa don samar da kayan aiki na jiragen ruwa, sai ya koma gidansa zuwa Kossol Roads, Palau, a ranar 19 ga Oktoba don shirya don amphibious
mamayewa na Gulf na Leyte a cikin Philippines. Ta tashi a rana mai zuwa kuma ta yi amfani da jiragen ruwa a cikin jigilar jigilar kaya a Leyte daga 23 zuwa 27 Oktoba. Komawa zuwa Kossol Roads a ranar 30 ga Oktoba, ta tashi a rana mai zuwa zuwa Hollandia, inda ta isa ranar 4 ga Nuwamba. Bayan ya yi amfani da jiragen ruwa da yawa a tashar jiragen ruwa, sai ya bar Hollandia a ranar 5 ga watan Disamba. Oiler ya sha wahala a turbin hadari a rana mai zuwa kuma ya sanya shi a Manus don gyara, wanda ya kasance har zuwa 21 ga Disamba. Daga nan sai ya koma Humboldt Bay, amma ya bar ranar 28 ga watan Disamba don gyaran injiniya na dindindin a Pearl Harbor.