Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan shakedown, "Guavina" an ja shi zuwa Mississippi a cikin wani jirgin ruwa mai tasowa ta hanyar "Minnesota", ya isa New Orleans 24 Janairu 1944. Ta halarci atisayen horo a New Orleans da Balboa, C.Z.
, kafin ya isa Pearl Harbor ranar 5 ga Afrilu don shirya wa'adinsa na farko.