 Departing Houston on 27 June, "LSM(R)-507" steamed via Galveston, Texas to Charleston, South Carolina, where she arrived on 7 July.From 28 to 30 July she sailed to Little Creek, Virginia, for training in Chesapeake Bay and along the Virginia coast.Assigned to LSMR Squadron 4, she departed Little Creek on 4 October for the Great Lakes.