<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ukungena eNorfolk Navy Yard ngoJulayi 28 ukuze kulungiswe futhi kuguqulwe ukuze kulungiswe umsebenzi wakhe ePacific, i-Albemarle yayiphakathi kwalokhu kutholakala lapho iMpi YasePacific iphela maphakathi no-Agasti 1945. Umkhandlu  <response>: Ukuzinikela kwamaJapane kwamisa umsebenzi; futhi, ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, imiyalo eya ePacific yokunakekela izindiza zasolwandle yakhanselwa. Nokho, ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, i-Albemarle yashintshwa ngendlela ehlukile, ukuze ilungele umsebenzi ohlukile. Ngemva kokulungiswa kwemishini yokungenisa umoya kanye neyokumisa imikhumbi, indiza yasolwandle yasuka eNorfolk ngoSeptemba 25 ihamba namadoda angu-2 000 ayesebenza eMkhosini, eya eCanal Zone. Ngokushesha wabhalisela umsebenzi wokuthutha ngaphansi kwe-Naval Transport Service. I- Albemarle yakhipha i-Coco Solo, eya ePearl Harbor, kodwa ngenkathi idlula ePanama Canal yalimala esikebheni sayo. Njengoba yayingasasebenzi ipropela elilodwa, indiza yasemanzini yathunyelwa eSan Francisco ukuze ilungiswe. Wabelwa Magic Carpet imikhumbi imikhumbi enikezwe umsebenzi wokubuyisa ama-veteran aseMelika ekhaya ukujikeleza noma ukukhishwa ngemuva kokuphothulwa kokulungiswa kwakhe, u-Albemarle wahamba ngomkhumbi ngasentshonalanga, wafika ePearl Harbor ngoNovemba 1 ngaphambi kokuqhubekela phambili eNew Caledonia, wafika lapho ngoNovemba 13, wagcina efika e-NAS Alameda, ngoNovemba 28. Ngemva kohambo lwesibili lokuya nokubuya eSamar, ePhilippines, i- Albemarle yahlaselwa izinyanga ezintathu e-Naval Shipyard, e-Terminal Island, eCalifornia lapho ilungiselela ukubamba iqhaza kwayo ku-Operation Crossroads. 