"Lynx" shifted her anchorage within the confines of San Pedro Bay on 15 March 1945, and remained in berth 31 for almost a fortnight, accomplishing “urgent machinery repairs.” After fueling from the station tanker , 28 March, and taking on fresh water from the distilling ship , 29 March, she proceeded to Dulag, Leyte, on 31 March. "Lynx" soon began loading cargo, an evolution she continued into the second week of April, after which time she shifted berths, 6 April, and embarked the US Army’s 866th Anti-Aircraft Battery headquarters unit and its equipment, 7 April, for transportation to Okinawa. "Lynx" then sailed for the Western Carolines, escorted by the destroyer in TU 75.2.19.