 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ngarava inotakura zvikepe yakasiya Pearl Harbor musi wa19 January ndokuisa nzira yokuKwajalein. Yakasvika pachitsuwa ichi musi wa1 Kukadzi, ndokutanga kuburitsa zvinhu zvayo kutsigira mabasa muMarshall Islands. Musi waFebruary 12, ngarava yacho yakatanga kukwira mauto nokuda kwekupinda muEniwetok uye, mazuva mashanu gare gare, yakabuda neLST Group 8. Yakasvika pamhenderekedzo paEniwetok, musi wa 20 Kukadzi, ndokutanga kuburitsa varwi vayo uye kuburitsa zvinhu kumhenderekedzo. LST-31 yakaramba iripo kusvikira musi wa 20 March, apo yakabva yaenda kuHawaii. Yakamira munzira kuKwajalein neTarawa, kuti itakure zvinhu uye vatakuri uye pakupedzisira yakasvika kuPearl Harbor musi wa 15 April. Kutevera kugadziriswa muchiteshi chakaoma ikoko, iye akatangazve kushanda musi waMay 10, aine nhevedzano yekudzidzira kudzidzira muHapuna Bay, Hawaii. Musi waMay 25, LST-31 yakasiya mvura yeHawaii, yakananga kuEniwetok. Pakusvika kwake pachitsuwa ichocho musi wa7 June, akazodza mafuta ndokutakura zvinhu kuti agadzirire mabasa okurwisa Saipan. Ngarava yacho yakasvika paSaipan, musi wa14 June, ndokutanga kuburitsa mauto nezvokuyamura kumhenderekedzo yegungwa. Akachenesa nzvimbo musi wa 23 Chikumi, ndokudzokera kuEniwetok kunozadza mutoro wake. 