After shakedown off Florida, "LST-855" left New Orleans on December 31, 1944. She Entered the Pacific Ocean through the Panama Canal en route to San Diego, California. In January 1945, she left San Diego en route to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In February 1945, she left Pearl and docked in the Marshall Islands, specifically at Kwajalein and Enewetak. In April 1945, she left the Marshall Islands en route to Mariana Islands; Guam, Si-pan, and Tinian. In July 1945, she left the Mariana Islands, and arrived in Okinawa. During the remaining months of World War II, she shuttled supplies and equipment among the Marianas, Philippines, and Okinawa staging areas for a possible invasion of Japan.