 Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mokugamuchira basa rake, Salzer akagoverwa kuHofisi yoMutungamiriri weMarine Operations kusvikira muna 1942, paakabatana neUnited States Navy. Muna Kurume 1943 akatora kutungamira kwemahombekombe emaminesweeper, uye muna Chikunguru 1943 iyo yeanobatsira mota minesweeper YMS-347. Akabva atungamirira ngarava inotakura zvombo LST-624 kubva muna June 1944 kusvika muna December 1945, achibatanidzwa muLingayen Gulfkumhara, kushanda kweManila Bay-Bicol uye kubatwa kweOkinawa. 