 Following her maiden mission for the Navy, "Aldebaran" remained at San Francisco until 29 March when she put to sea with a cargo bound for Hawaii.The ship made a seven-day layover at Pearl Harbor between 5 and 12 April and returned to San Francisco on the 18th.Upon her arrival back on the west coast, she entered a civilian drydock at Oakland, California, to begin conversion to a fleet provisioning ship.