 Then, her holds full, she sailed for Pago Pago, Samoa, on 20 May, arriving 11 days later.Proceeding thence to Tongatapu, in the Tonga (or Friendly) Islands, soon thereafter, "Antares" reached her destination on 7 June.She remained there as a general stores issue ship until 1 September, when she shifted to Noumea, New Caledonia.