 On 31 July 1944, "Measure" began operations as training and school ship out of Little Creek, continuing in this role into mid-December 1944.On 26 December 1944 she moved to Norfolk, Virginia, and on 3 January 1945 got underway for the United States West Coast via Miami, and the Panama Canal, arriving at San Diego, on 28 February 1945.Attached to the Western Sea Frontier, "Measure" steamed north on 1 March 1945, made a stopover at Seattle from 5 to 26 March 1945, and arrived at Kodiak, Territory of Alaska, on 31 March 1945 for minesweeping duty.