After replenishing at Norfolk, "Huntington" sailed to New York on 5 October to have her catapult and seaplanes removed. She got underway on 27 October and arrived Halifax, Nova Scotia, two days later to embark together with on a high-level US Commission to confer with the Allies. Presidential envoy, Colonel Edward M. House; Admiral William S. Benson; General Tasker H. Bliss; and other dignitaries took passage in "Huntington", arriving Davenport, England on 7 November, to be met by British officials. "Huntington" departed for New York, via Hampton Roads, arriving on 27 November.