 Arriving in Seeadler Harbor on the 21st, she offloaded her cargo and steamed to Humboldt Bay, New Guinea, whence she carried troops to Leyte, 31 January to 6 February.During the remainder of February and most of March, she trained with units of the 77th Division for Operation "Iceberg," the assault on Okinawa.On 21 March, she cleared Leyte Gulf with TG 51.1 and headed north.