 By 19 February she had moved again to San Pedro Bay, Leyte to ready ships for the take-over invasion of Okinawa.Though her main responsibility was to repair ships and craft of the Amphibious Force, she gained wide acclaim for the excellence of repairs and alterations made to the and in the Philippines.War's end found the old repair ship at Guiuan, Samar in the process of commissioning the cargo ship "Justin", formerly the SS "Gus Darnell", which required bomb damage repair and alterations to fit her for Navy service during the occupation period ahead.