Davis transferred his flag to another vessel and on 2 February, "Indiana" departed for Majuro for temporary repairs before proceeding on to Pearl Harbor on 7 February in company with the escorting destroyer and the destroyer escort . Four days later, two more destroyers joined the group, which reached Pearl Harbor on 13 February. "Indiana" was dry-docked the next day for repairs that lasted until 7 April. She then conducted sea trials and test fired her main battery to ensure there were no remaining structural issues from the collision. She spent the next two weeks training her gun crews before departing in late April to rejoin the fleet for the next operation in the central Pacific.