As a midshipman, he was assigned to the cruiser , which made a long-distance navigational training cruise, visiting Esquimalt and Vancouver in Canada and San Francisco, San Pedro, Honolulu in the United States, Jaluit, Truk, Yap and Angaur in the South Seas Mandate, Hong Kong, and Magong, Keelung and Okinawa in Japan during 1917.
The midshipman was assigned to a cruiser that undertook a long-distance navigational training voyage, visiting numerous ports across different regions during 1917. These included locations in Canada, the United States, the South Seas Mandate, and Japan.