After , "Long Beach", as flagship of Escort Division 25, departed Casco Bay, Maine, with the rest of the division – her sister ships , , , , and – on 28 March 1945 for Seattle via the Panama Canal, training en route at Balboa in the Panama Canal Zone. The six patrol frigates arrived at Seattle on 26 April 1945, then got underway again for Kodiak, Alaska on 7 June 1945. "Ogden" had to return to Seattle for repairs, but "Long Beach" and the other four frigates arrived at Womens Bay, Kodiak, on 11 June 1945.