Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Barin Norfolk 30 Yuni 1944 "Culebra Island" ya isa Milne Bay, New Guinea, a ranar 16 ga Agusta. Ta shiga Floating Repair Unit 1 na 7th Fleet a Alexishafen kuma ta kasance a can a kan aikin gyara har sai ta isa Hollandia 7 Oktoba. A nan ta shirya jiragen ruwa don Leyte
aiki har zuwa ranar 25 ga watan Disamba lokacin da ta tashi zuwa San Pedro Bay, ta jawo wani jirgin ruwa mai bushewa da kuma rakiyar wani jirgin ruwa. Daga 6 ga watan Janairu zuwa 21 ga watan Fabrairun 1945 ta gyara da kuma kula da jiragen ruwa a San Pedro Bay, sa'an nan kuma ya tashi zuwa Mindoro don shirya LSMs don mamayewar da ke gabatowa a kudancin Philippines. A ranar 14 ga Afrilu ta tashi zuwa Morotai don hidimar jiragen ruwa da ke kan hanyar zuwa Borneo kuma ta gyara wadanda suka lalace a can har zuwa ranar 24 ga Yuli lokacin da ta koma Leyte.