Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Shigar da Norfolk Navy Yard a ranar 28 ga Yuli don gyarawa da gyare-gyare don dacewa da ita don aiki a cikin Pacific, "Albemarle" yana cikin tsakiyar wannan samuwa lokacin da yakin Pacific ya ƙare a tsakiyar watan Agusta 1945. Rukunin Jafananci
dakatar da aikin; kuma, ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, an soke umarnin zuwa Pacific don kula da jiragen ruwa. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, duk da haka, "Albemarle" ya sami canji na wani nau'i daban, don ya dace da ita don wani aiki daban. Tare da gyare-gyare da aka yi wa iska da kuma shirye-shiryen da aka yi, jirgin saman jirgin ruwa ya tashi daga Norfolk a ranar 25 ga watan Satumba tare da 2,000 da aka maye gurbin Navy, wanda aka yi wa Canal Zone. Ba da daɗewa ba ta ba da rahoto don aiki a matsayin sufuri a karkashin Rundunar Sojan Ruwa. "Albemarle" ya share Coco Solo, don Pearl Harbor, amma yayin da yake wucewa ta hanyar Canal na Panama ya sha wahala a kan kullun da ke kusa da shi. An rage shi zuwa ci gaba tare da mai ba da gudummawa guda ɗaya, an ba da kyautar jirgin ruwa zuwa San Francisco don gyarawa. An sanya shi zuwa "Magic Carpet" jirgin ruwa <unk> jiragen ruwa da aka ba da aikin dawo da tsofaffin sojojin Amurka zuwa gida don juyawa ko fitarwa <unk> bayan kammala gyaranta, "Albemarle" ya tashi zuwa yamma, ya isa Pearl Harbor a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba kafin ya matsa zuwa New Caledonia, ya isa can a ranar 13 ga Nuwamba, a ƙarshe ya isa NAS Alameda, a ranar 28 ga Nuwamba. Bayan tafiya ta biyu zuwa Samar, a Philippines, da kuma dawowa, "Albemarle" ya shafe watanni uku a Gidan Jirgin Ruwa na Naval, Terminal Island, California a shirye-shiryensa don shiga cikin Operation Crossroads.