Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan shakedown a Chesapeake Bay, "Medea" ya ɗora kaya a Hampton Roads, kuma ya tashi zuwa Hawaii, ya isa Pearl Harbor 3 Maris 1945. Ta bar Honolulu a ranar 6 ga Afrilu, ta yi aiki a Marianas na watanni biyu masu zuwa, kafin ta shiga sojojin zuwa Okinawa. Ta isa bakin rairayin bakin teku na Hagushi, Okinawa ranar 10 ga Yuni, kuma ta shafe kwanaki tara masu zuwa tana sauke sojoji da kaya. Bayan dakatar da tashin hankali
a ranar 15 ga watan Agusta, ta dauki sojojin mamaye daga Philippines zuwa Japan har zuwa Nuwamba, lokacin da ta ba da rahoto don aiki tare da "Magic Carpet" jirgin ruwa.