Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan shakedown daga Bermuda, "Raymond" yayi aiki a matsayin jirgin horo don Norfolk Training Station, sa'an nan kuma ya yi tururi a ranar 1 ga watan Yuli don Panama Canal. Ta isa Pearl Harbor a ranar 23 ga Yuli, kuma ta fara aiki a ranar 12 ga Agusta don Guadalcanal da Manus Island. Da ya isa wannan a ranar 28 ga watan Agusta, sai ya shiga ƙungiyar masu ba da gudummawa ta shirya don
Harin Morotai. A ranar 15 ga watan Satumba, ta yi garkuwa da masu jigilar jirgi da ke kai hari kan Morotai a Dutch East Indies. Bayan ya koma Manus, ya goyi bayan ayyukan iska a ranar 16 ga Oktoba a kan Leyte, tsibirin Philippine.