"Savannah" entered Grand Harbor, Valletta, Malta, on 2 February 1945. At that island, the President and his party disembarked and traveled to Yalta by airplane. A memorial service was held at the graves of "Savannah"s sailors and marines killed in her bombing off Salerno. "Savannah" departed from Malta on 9 February 1945 and steamed to Alexandria, Egypt, to await the President's 12 February return to "Quincy". The Presidential convoy departed Alexandria on 15 February and arrived at Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 27 February.