Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan shakedown daga Bermuda, "Raymond" ya zama jirgin ruwa na 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 ɗaukar hoto na jirgin ruwa don Morotai.
kai hari. 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.