Six days out, "Protector" left the convoy and guided "Point Arena" and her tows to join up with FE-3, 8 July 1945, and the voyage toward Eniwetok continued, the little assemblage crossing the International Date Line on 25 July. On the afternoon of 28 July, "Lynx" transferred Lt. Wuestenfeld, her medical officer, to "Hillsboro Inlet" to treat a sick sailor, but the remainder of the voyage proceeded uneventfully, FE-3 reaching Eniwetok on the morning of 2 August. Medium harbor tug relieved "Lynx" of "YF-1013", while section 51 of "ABSD-7" cut loose the towing cable and came to anchor.