Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan shakedown, "Sappho" ya tashi a ranar 28 ga Mayu 1945 daga Norfolk, tare da kaya da ma'aikata zuwa Honolulu, inda ta isa ranar 18 ga Yuni. A ranar 29 ga Yuni, ta tashi zuwa Palmyra Atoll da Fanning Island, ta koma Honolulu a ranar 11 ga Yuli. Jirgin ya fara horo na amphibious a tsibirin Maui a ranar 4 ga watan Agusta amma ya ƙare da darussan jim kadan bayan da Japan ta mika wuya.
a tsakiyar watan Agusta. A ranar 1 ga Satumba, ta tashi daga Pearl Harbor tare da sojojin da ke aiki a Japan, ta isa Sasebo a ranar 22 ga Satumba. Daga nan sai ta yi tafiya zuwa Manila, ta koma Sasebo a ranar 20 ga Oktoba inda ta ba da rahoto don aikin "Magic Carpet". "Sappho" ya yi tafiye-tafiye biyu yana dauke da dakarun gida; daya daga Sasebo, Japan, daya kuma daga Shanghai, China, kafin a sake shi daga aikin "Magic Carpet" a Seattle a ranar 10 ga Janairu 1946.