 After calling at Belfast Lough in early April, "Samuel Huntington" made her way to Liverpool to join Convoy ON 181 to New York.Departing on 30 April as one of 48 merchant ships in the convoy, the liberty ship made port at New York on 17 May.The convoy reported no submarine activity, and about two-thirds of the convoy were able to take target practice on icebergs during the voyage.