Kammala wannan jumla: An fara aikin sauka da safiyar ranar. "Alshain" ya sami matsala wajen sauke kayan ta saboda karancin jiragen ruwa da cunkoso a bakin tekun kanta. A ƙarshe ya kammala aikin a ranar 3 ga watan Agusta kuma ya yi ritaya zuwa Eniwetok. Daga nan sai jirgin ya tashi zuwa Pearl Harbor inda ta shiga karin sojojin Sojoji da kuma ɗora kayan aikin su kafin su fara aiki a ranar 27 ga watan Agusta don gudanar da gwaje-gwajen saukar amphibious a Lahaina Roads, Maui. A ranar 15 ga Satumba, "Alshain" ya tashi tare da Task Group (TG) 33.1 zuwa Eniwetok da kuma shirin mamayewa na Yap. Amma, daga baya aka daina kai wa Yap hari, kuma aka ce za a kai wa Leyte, a ƙasar Filifin hari. Jirgin ruwan ya tashi daga Eniwetok a ranar 26 ga Satumba, zuwa Manus, Admiralty Islands, yankin da ke gaba da yankin.
kai hari kan Leyte.